Afghanistan: Detainees

William Hague: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to the answer of 2 March 2009,  Official Report, column 1242W, on Guantanamo Bay: detainees, if he will place in the Library a copy of the written transfer agreement for the return of Binyam Mohamed concluded on 20 February 2009.

David Miliband: The written transfer arrangement for Mr. Mohamed's release and return from Guantanamo Bay, agreed on 20 February 2009, was a private document between the Government and the US Government. It is our long-standing policy not to comment on the detail of operational matters.

Afghanistan: Peacekeeping Operations

William Hague: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to the Answer of 23 February 2009,  Official Report, column 362W, on Afghanistan: peacekeeping operations, what the objectives of the internal stock-take of Government policy in Afghanistan completed in December 2008 were.

David Miliband: The stock-take measured progress in Afghanistan from November 2007 to November 2008. It was intended to inform the Government, as part of the review announced by my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister in the debate, on Her Majesty the Queen's speech in December 2008.

Bosnia and Herzegovina: Office of the High Representative

William Hague: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to the written ministerial statement of 27 February 2009,  Official Report, columns 34-36WS, on the General Affairs and External Relations Council, for what reasons the Council was unable to reach a conclusion on the proposed closure of the Office of the High Representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina; and what proposals the UK made on the matter.

David Miliband: At the General Affairs and External Relations Council on 23-24 February 2009, there was discussion of Bosnia and Herzegovina's progress towards meeting the conditions for closure of the Office of the High Representative (OHR). There was no consensus that the conditionality set by the Peace Implementation Council Steering Board in February 2008 had been met. The UK reiterated the importance of adhering to this conditionality, making clear our view that it has not yet been met. Any eventual decision on closure of the OHR will need to be taken by the Peace Implementation Council Steering Board.

Departmental Ministerial Policy Advisers

Mark Hoban: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to the Answer of 5 February 2009,  Official Report, column 1409W, on departmental ministerial policy advisers. where Ravi Gurumurthy was seconded from; and on what date he became a special adviser.

Gillian Merron: Mr. Ravi Gurumurthy was seconded from the Department of Communities and Local Government on 28 June 2007, and is a strategic adviser and speech co-ordinator for my right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary.

Departmental Public Expenditure

William Hague: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to the answer of 2 March 2009,  Official Report, column 1240W, on departmental public expenditure, what efficiency savings have been  (a) made in 2008-09 and  (b) identified for financial year 2009-10; and what the estimated saving from each is.

David Miliband: I refer the right hon. Member to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office's (FCO) 2008 autumn performance report published in December 2008, available online at:
	http://www.fco.gov.uk/en/about-the-fco/publications/publications/annual-reports/autumn-performance1
	This gives the actual efficiency savings, for each efficiency project, for the first six months of 2008-09 and forecast savings for 2009-10 and 2010-11.
	The FCO's departmental report, to be published in June 2009, will provide actual efficiency savings for the whole of 2008-09 and latest forecast savings for 2009-10 and 2010-11.

Business: Credit

David Amess: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what steps his Department  (a) has taken since June 2007 and  (b) plans to take in the next 12 months to improve the flow of credit to (i) small and (ii) medium-sized businesses; what discussions (A) he, (B) other Ministers in his Department and (C) departmental officials have had with the Confederation of British Industry about the issue; and if he will make a statement.

Ian Pearson: On 19 January, the Government announced measures designed to reinforce the stability of the financial system, to increase confidence and capacity to lend, and in turn to support the recovery of the economy. Further information is available at:
	http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/press_05_09.htm.
	These build on measures announced on 8 October last year.
	The Government intend to negotiate with the banks participating in certain facilities lending responsibility agreements that will have specific and quantified lending commitments and that will be binding and externally audited.
	The Government are taking specific action to meet the needs of small and medium-sized enterprises. On 14 January 2009, the Government announced a package of support to address the cash flow, credit and capital needs of smaller businesses. This package implements and builds upon the commitments the Government made in the 2008 Pre-Budget Report. Details are available at:
	http://www.businesslink.gov.uk/realhelp/finance.
	The Government meet with a wide range of stakeholders, including representatives of small and medium-sized enterprises. As announced in the 2008 Pre-Budget Report, the Government has established a new lending panel, which will improve monitoring of lending to households and businesses. The work of this panel is supported by the Small Business Finance Forum, established by the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform in November of last year.
	The Government will continue to take all necessary measures to ensure the stability of the financial system, ensure lending to the economy, businesses and homeowners, and limit the depth and duration of the current recession and support the subsequent recovery.

Equitable Life

Paul Burstow: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the statement of 15 January 2009,  Official Report, columns 377-80, on Equitable Life, what his estimate is of the length of time it would take to make compensation payments as recommended by the Ombudsman; and what estimate he has made of the time it will take for all compensation in accordance with the Government proposals to be made.

Ian Pearson: The Government intend to set up an ex-gratia payment scheme that can pay out as swiftly as possible, taking account of the practical considerations involved. The Government will work on these practical issues in parallel with the work that it has asked Sir John Chadwick to undertake. Until the work is complete, it will not possible to make an estimate of how long it will take to make payments under the scheme. The Government will keep the House updated and report back on progress at regular intervals.

Public Works Loan Board

Greg Hands: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much local authorities borrowed from the Public Works Loan Board at  (a) a fixed and  (b) a variable rate of interest in each month between 2000 and 2008.

Angela Eagle: Monthly data is available only at disproportionate cost. The annual figures are as follows:
	
		
			  £ million 
			  Year ending 31 March  (a) Fixed  (b) Variable 
			 2000 6,182.9 788.2 
			 2001 5,005.8 319.4 
			 2002 3,344.9 1,097.4 
			 2003 3,642.8 1,456.4 
			 2004 3,153.4 1,449.8 
			 2005 5,604.9 217.1 
			 2006 8,880.1 71.9 
			 2007 12,277.1 77.2 
			 2008 8,275.7 1.0

Public Works Loan Board

Greg Hands: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much debt owed to the Public Works Loan Board was redeemed early by local authorities in each month between 2000 and 2008.

Angela Eagle: Monthly data is available only at disproportionate cost. The annual figures are as follows:
	
		
			  Year ending 31 March  Early repayments (£ million) 
			 2000 2,950.0 
			 2001 2,063.4 
			 2002 2,123.6 
			 2003 4,166.0 
			 2004 4,596.9 
			 2005 3,080.7 
			 2006 2,501.4 
			 2007 10,698.5 
			 2008 6,433.6

Apprentices

Mark Pritchard: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether the package of delivery designed by Metrix for the Defence Training Review project will offer apprenticeships to the  (a) standards and  (b) accreditation delivered by the Defence College of Aeronautical Engineering; and what provision will be made in the package for apprenticeship training to an accredited standard.

Bob Ainsworth: As part of the requirement for the Defence Training Review (DTR) Package 1, Metrix will transform and modernise existing training, which will involve the re-accreditation of any transformed modules. This re-accreditation will be led by Nord Anglia, the Open university and City and Guilds, who are all respected and leading accreditation specialists. For the Defence college of Aeronautical Engineering, and all the technical training under Package 1, any existing accreditation will remain in place until a re-designed package is approved by the Ministry of Defence, which includes any proposals for changes to apprenticeship training.
	All Defence training (including accreditation implications) must adhere to a robust and established change process under the Defence systems approach to training to approve any change, and meet stringent defence and Government policy guidelines. The Department is recognised as an example of good practice with respect to apprenticeships and remains committed to maintaining this reputation.

Armed Forces: Manpower

Liam Fox: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the current  (a) outflow and  (b) voluntary outflow (i) numbers and (ii) rates for each pinch point trade in the Armed Forces are.

Bob Ainsworth: As I set out in my answer of 15 May 2008,  Official Report, columns 1704-05W, and 26 November 2008,  Official Report, columns 1521-26W, some of the information that you have requested is not available; this position remains the case. I have provided as much information as possible for the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force although it is not possible to provide inflow rates for the Royal Navy pinch points due to the configuration of the pinch point trades on the joint personnel administration (JPA) system. The Army is currently not able to provide any data of this kind as the information held on JPA has not been validated.
	
		
			  Royal Navy 
			   Liability  Strength  Shortfall  Inflow  Outflow  VO 
			  Operational pinch point trades  Number  Number  Number  Percentage  Number  Number  Percentage 
			 Lt Cdr X SM Command Qualified (SM(CQ)) 47 45 2 5 n/a 3 0 
			 Lt X SM IWC Qualified and SQEP 40 39 1 3 n/a 16 7.5 
			 Principal Warfare Officers 359 289 70 20 n/a 38 4.0 
			 RN Harrier GR7 Instructors 7 3 4 57 n/a 1 0 
			 GR7 Harrier Pilots: Lt 35 21 14 40 n/a 0 4.0 
			 MCD/MWO Lts 81 47 34 43 n/a 7 3.8 
			 Strategic Weapons Systems Junior Ranks 110 86 24 22 n/a 22 5.0 
			 Merlin Pilots 122 78 44 36 n/a 7 2.5 
			 Merlin Observers 116 71 45 39 n/a 1 1.5 
			 Merlin Aircrewmen 103 80 23 22 n/a 10 14.6 
			 Leading Seaman General Warfare 1,105 815 290 26 n/a 106 8.3 
			 Able Rate Diver 135 95 40 30 n/a 12 10.0 
			 Lt X SM Advanced Warfare Course Qualified (SQEP) 34 30 4 12 n/a 16 4.0 
			 Able Rate 1 Seaman 388 291 97 25 n/a 74 16.0 
			 Able Rate 1 Warfare Specialist 666 635 31 5 n/a 173 13.0 
			 Able Rate 1 Communications and Information Systems 367 335 32 9 n/a 77 16.0 
			 Leading Aircraft Controllers 73 41 32 44 n/a 5 6.5 
			 Royal Marines Other Ranks (Pt—Cp1) 6,525 6,003 522 8 n/a 484 7.3 
			 Able Rate Warfare Specialist (Sensors Submariner) 178 144 34 17 n/a 30 6.0 
			 Sea-King and Lynx Avionics Supervisors 348 284 64 18 n/a 3 n/a 
			 Cat A2 Nuclear Watchkeepers 189 157 32 17 n/a 12 6.0 
			 Cat B Nuclear Watchkeepers 377 316 61 16 n/a 44 6.0 
			 L Logs(CS) (P) 328 261 67 25 n/a 27 2.0 
			 AB Logs (CS) (P) 456 447 9 2 n/a 48 6.0 
			 L Logs (Pers) 239 222 17 7 n/a 26 4.0 
			 AB Logs (Pers) 392 391 1 0 n/a 49 9.0 
			 LS (MW) 70 65 5 8 n/a 3 6.0 
			 Able Rate Warfare Specialist (Tactical Submariner) 124 116 8 7 n/a 13 7.0 
			  Notes: 1. Outflow is to January 2009. 2. Lt X SM IWC Qualified and SQEP and Lt X SM Advanced Warfare Course Qualified (SQEP) are the same group and are 16 in total but they are two separate OPPs. 3. SQEP means Suitably Qualified and Experience Personnel, i.e. have the skills to do a particular job and in case of SM if AWC are qualified to be a Watch Leader 
		
	
	
		
			  Army 
			   Liability  Strength  Shortfall  Inflow  Outflow  VO 
			   Number  Number  Number  Percentage  Number  Number  Number 
			  Operational pinch point trades
			 RE Clk of Wks: SSgt-WO1 248 237 11 4.4 n/a n/a n/a 
			 RLC Ammo Tech: Cp1-SSgt 306 176 130 42.5 n/a n/a n/a 
			 Infantry: Pte-LCp1 14,980 13,380 1,600 10.7 n/a n/a n/a 
			 REME Rec Mech: LCp1-Cp1 339 213 126 37.2 n/a n/a n/a 
			 RE EOD: Cp1-SSgt 131 109 22 16.7 n/a n/a n/a 
			 REME VM: Cfh-Cp1 3,521 3,224 297 8.4 n/a n/a n/a 
			 Int OPMI:Cp1-Sgt 708 476 232 32.8 n/a n/a n/a 
			 REME Armourer: Cfn-Cp1 377 305 74 19.6 n/a n/a n/a 
			 RA Gunner: Gnr-Bdr (including Para/Cdo Gnrs and OP Asst) 4,987 4,490 497 10.0 n/a n/a n/a 
			 
			  Manning pinch point trades
			 AMS Radiologist: Maj+ 4 2 2 50.0 n/a n/a n/a 
			 AMS ITU Nurse: Cp1-Capt 121 35 86 71.1 n/a n/a n/a 
			 AMS EM Nurse: Cp1-Capt 101 38 63 62.4 n/a n/a n/a 
			 AMS Radiographer: Cp1+ 24 12 12 50.0 n/a n/a n/a 
			 AMS Anaesthetist: Maj+ 49 23 26 53.1 n/a n/a n/a 
			 AMS Orth Surg: Maj+ 13 10 3 23.1 n/a n/a n/a 
			 AMS Gen Surg: Maj+ 17 10 7 41.2 n/a n/a n/a 
			 REME Geo: Spr-WO2 365 284 81 22.2 n/a n/a n/a 
			 RLC P&C Op: Pte-Cp1 433 435 -2 -0.5 n/a n/a n/a 
			 RA UAV Op: LBdr-SSgt 370 299 71 19.2 n/a n/a n/a 
			 REME Fitter: Spr-LCp1 495 409 86 17.4 n/a n/a n/a 
			 AGC(SPS) Mil Admin: Pte-Sgt 2,666 2,292 374 14.0 n/a n/a n/a 
			 AMS GMP: Capt+ 155 137 18 11.6 n/a n/a n/a 
			 R Signals IS Engr: Cp1-Sgt 252 124 128 50.8 n/a n/a n/a 
			 CAMUS: Musician 300 199 101 33.7 n/a n/a n/a 
			 AMS ODP: Cp1+ 95 81 14 14.7 n/a n/a n/a 
			 AMS RGN: Cp1-Sgt 293 263 30 10.2 n/a n/a n/a 
			 REME C3S: Spr-LCp1 712 611 101 14.2 n/a n/a n/a 
			 RLC Chef: Pte-LCp1 1,459 1,383 76 5.2 n/a n/a n/a 
		
	
	
		
			  Royal Air Force 
			   Liability  Strength  Shortfall  Inflow  Outflow  VO 
			   Number  Number  Number  Percentage  Number  Number  Number 
			  Operational pinch point trades
			 Flying Branch (Career Stream) (Senior Officer) 677 576 101 15 100 70 20 
			 Pilot (Junior Officer) 1,490 1,288 202 14 160 150 40 
			 Operations Support (Intelligence) 229 224 5 2 10 20 10 
			 Operations Support (Regiment) 275 235 40 14 30 20 10 
			 Operations Support (Flight Operations) 224 219 5 2 20 — — 
			 Medical 282 213 69 24 — 10 — 
			 Medical Nursing Officer 179 128 51 28 10 20 10 
			 Weapons System (Operator (Crewman) 577 503 74 13 70 30 10 
			 Weapons System Operator (Linguist) 63 50 13 21 10 10 — 
			 Mechanical Transport Technician 355 342 13 4 — 30 20 
			 Gunner 1,924 1,702 222 11 330 190 110 
			 Fire Fighter 545 518 27 5 110 60 20 
			 Air Traffic Control/Flight Operations Manager/Flight Operations Assistant 1,246 1,228 18 1 110 80 40 
			 Logistics (Mover) 895 849 46 5 50 70 50 
			 
			  Manning pinch point trades
			 Weapons System Officer (Junior Officer) 513 439 74 14 10 30 10 
			 Operations Support (Aerospace Battle Manager) 342 293 49 14 10 20 10 
			 Operations Support (Air Traffic Control) 397 371 26 6 20 30 10 
			 Personnel (Support) 521 494 27 5 50 40 20 
			 Personnel (Training) 219 198 21 10 10 20 10 
			 Dental 71 57 14 20 — 10 — 
			 Chaplains 78 63 15 19 — 10 — 
			 Aircraft Technician (Mechanical) 4,965 4,299 666 13 10 290 200 
			 Aircraft Technician (Avionics) 3,942 3,437 505 13 10 260 180 
			 General Technician (Electrical) 551 491 60 11 20 70 40 
			 General Technician (Mechanical) 963 436 527 75 20 30 20 
			 Intelligence (Analyst) 679 590 89 13 40 30 20 
			 Survival Equipment Fitter 607 562 45 7 30 80 40 
			 Biomedical Scientist 15 9 6 40 0 — — 
			 Dental Nurse 131 122 9 7 20 10 10 
			 Musician 175 152 23 13 10 10 — 
			  Notes 1. Inflow equals all inflow, trained or untrained, to pinch point trades during the 12-month period 1 November 2007 to 30 November 2008. When the pinch point applies to a specific rank (Senior Officer/Junior Officer) promotions and demotions have been included. 2. Outflow equals all trained outflow from pinch point trades during the 12-month period 1 November 2007 to 30 November 2008. When the pinch point applies to a specific rank (Senior Officer/Junior Officer) promotions and demotions have been included. 3. WSO includes Navigators, Crewman, Electronic Warfare/Acoustic, Linguist and Air Eng. 4. Due to the small populations generated by this level of detail, and the possibility of identifying individual personnel, data have been rounded to 10 and totals may not always equal the sum of the parts. When rounding to the nearest 10, numbers ending in 5 have been rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to prevent systematic bias. "0" represents zero occurrences and "—" shows rounded to zero. 5. Due to the introduction of the new pay administration system these data are provisional and subject to review.

Departmental Absenteeism

Greg Hands: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many staff of his Department were recorded absent for non-medical reasons on  (a) 2 February 2009 and  (b) 3 February 2009; what estimate he has made of the (i) cost to his Department and (ii) number of working hours lost due to such absence; and what guidance his Department issued to staff in respect of absence on these days.

Kevan Jones: This information is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

Departmental Data Protection

Shailesh Vara: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many contracts  (a) his Department and  (b) its agencies have which allow contractors to store personal data of UK citizens overseas; for which contracts this applies; in which countries the data for each contract is held; and how many people have their data stored overseas in the case of each such contract.

Bob Ainsworth: The Ministry of Defence has identified eight contracts where personal data of UK citizens is held overseas. The following table provides the name of the contract, the country where the data is held and the approximate number of records.
	
		
			  Name of contract  Where the data is held  Approximate number of personal records held 
			 Defence Travel: Electronic Booking Interface Service Contract France 160,500 
			  USA 15,000 
			
			 Defence Travel: Travel Management Contract USA 310,000 
			
			 Royal Navy Community Website USA 9,000 
			
			 E-bluey: a hybrid mail service for BFPO which allows service personnel, relatives and friends to maintain contact with each other while serving on operations or exercise for more than 60 days duration USA (1)150,000 
			
			 External Band D Assessment Centre (CMS) Australia 4,600 
			
			 RAF Fitlinxx: provides fitness training programmes for personnel and records workout sessions USA 8,060 
			
			 DE&S Movement Management Air Reservation System Germany 19,500 
			
			 DE&S Departure Control System Germany 4,000 
			 (1) Including live accounts and e-blueys. This number fluctuates on a daily basis as accounts are added and deleted.

Written Questions: Government Responses

Shailesh Vara: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when he expects to answer Question 245342, tabled on 15 December 2008, on personal data stored overseas.

Bob Ainsworth: I replied to the hon. Member today.

Incinerators: Health Hazards

Andrew Smith: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if he will consult  (a) stakeholders,  (b) experts and  (c) other bodies on procedures for H14 eco toxicity testing of incinerator bottom ash.

Jane Kennedy: holding answer 12 February 2009
	 Incinerator bottom ash is not tested directly for ecotoxicity as this would involve unnecessary expense and unwarranted animal testing. Instead, chemical analysis is undertaken using standard methods and the ash is assessed for ecotoxicity by reference to the criteria for levels of dangerous substances given in the Environment Agency's Technical Guidance WM2 "Hazardous waste: interpretation of the definition and classification of hazardous waste, 2nd edition, version 2.2". The Environment Agency has been working with the Environmental Services Association to ensure that the procedures used to assess incinerator bottom ash are both robust and technically appropriate.

Insulation: Hazardous Substances

Nick Hurd: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much plastic foam insulation containing ozone depleting substances has been treated with approved methods of gas recovery in the last 12 months.

Huw Irranca-Davies: Ozone depleting substances are recovered from insulation foams in refrigerators, freezers and other equipment in specialist facilities. A small amount of insulation foam arising as construction waste is also treated in some of these plants but the quantity is unknown.
	Annual reports on the tonnages of all ozone depleting substances recovered in the UK, including refrigerant fluids and halons from fire extinguishers, are provided to the EU but the Environment Agency does not hold information on the amounts derived from individual sources. Data is not yet available for 2008.

Pollution: Hertfordshire

Michael Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many successful prosecutions have been undertaken by the Environment Agency concerning pollution in  (a) Hertfordshire and  (b) Dacorum in each year since 6 February 2002.

Huw Irranca-Davies: The following table indicates the number of successful prosecutions undertaken by the Environment Agency concerning pollution incidents in Hertfordshire.
	This information was taken from the National Enforcement Database which is the main recording system for data on enforcement actions carried out by the Environment Agency. The database does not provide information regarding offences in individual boroughs.
	
		
			   Successful prosecutions 
			 2002(1) 11 
			 2003 9 
			 2004 16 
			 2005 4 
			 2006 5 
			 2007 30 
			 2008 9 
			 2009(2) 2 
			 (1 )From 6 February. (2) To date.

Pollution: Hertfordshire

Michael Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many complaints have been received by the Environment Agency concerning pollution in  (a) Hertfordshire and  (b) Dacorum in each year since 6 February 2002.

Huw Irranca-Davies: The following table shows the number of complaints received by the Environment Agency concerning pollution incidents in Hertfordshire and Dacorum.
	
		
			   Incidents Hertfordshire  Dacorum  Complaints 
			 2002(1) 471 35 534 
			 2003 304 57 561 
			 2004 432 39 516 
			 2005 240 36 682 
			 2006 390 46 472 
			 2007 367 28 589 
			 2008 365 29 488 
			 2009 39 0 54 
			 (1) From 6 February. 
		
	
	The Environment Agency may receive multiple complaints about one incident.
	Records of complaints received by the Environment Agency which prove to unjustified are only retained for two years.

Recycling: Hampshire

Mark Oaten: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what reports his Department has received of allegations that Hampshire County Council is sending electronic waste for recycling to African countries; and if he will make a statement.

Jane Kennedy: holding answer 4 March 2009
	DEFRA officials have received briefings from the Environment Agency about reports of exports of waste, electrical and electronic equipment from various sources to African countries. The Environment Agency is undertaking further investigations into alleged breaches of the waste shipment controls. It is not appropriate to comment on any specific investigations while they are ongoing.
	The illegal export of waste is completely unacceptable and that is why DEFRA has provided funding to the Environment Agency to step up its enforcement efforts to deter this activity and catch those responsible. The rules are clear—the export of scrap TVs or scrap computer monitors to Africa is illegal. Such activity is not only potentially harmful to the environment but it also undermines the good work of legitimate charities which provide working electrical equipment to communities in developing countries.

Flooding: Severn Plain

Lembit �pik: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what discussions he has had with the First Minister on cross-border flooding on the Severn plain between Caersws and Shrewsbury.

Wayne David: My right hon. Friend has regular bi-lateral meetings with the First Minister on a range of issues including environmental matters.
	The Assembly Government takes flooding in Wales very seriously. It has more than doubled funding since 1999 with 5.8 million per year for local authorities and over 12 million for the Environment Agency Wales for capital improvement projects.
	The Assembly Government also secured additional 30 million from convergence funding to invest in flood and coastal erosion risk measures across Wales, 8 million for flood risk management activities and 575,000 available to the Environment Agency Wales between 2009 and 2011 to take forward a number of initiatives.

Welsh Language

Michael Fabricant: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales when he next plans to meet members of the Welsh Assembly to discuss the promotion of the Welsh language in Wales; and if he will make a statement.

Wayne David: I have regular meetings with Welsh Assembly Government colleagues to discuss matters relating to Wales including the promotion of the Welsh language.
	Hon. Members will be aware that my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State laid the proposed Welsh Language Legislative competence Order in Parliament on 9 February for pre-legislative scrutiny. The proposed LCO, when made, will enable the National Assembly to legislate in order to deliver the Welsh Assembly Government's commitments in respect of the language.

BAA

Jennifer Willott: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to the answer of 28 January 2009,  Official Report, column 532W, on Heathrow Airport, on what dates  (a) Ministers and  (b) departmental officials met BAA representatives to discuss proposals for Heathrow Airport expansion in each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement.

Jim Fitzpatrick: Since January 2006, Ministers have met regularly with BAA to discuss general aviation issues. These meetings covered a wide range of topics, which may have included the expansion of Heathrow.
	
		
			  Date  (week commencing)  Minister 
			 6 March 2006 Alistair Darling 
			 22 May 2006 Douglas Alexander 
			 29 January 2007 Douglas Alexander 
			 5 March 2007 Douglas Alexander 
			 14 May 2007 Douglas Alexander 
			 18 June 2007 Douglas Alexander 
			 10 September 2007 Jim Fitzpatrick 
			 7 April 2008 Ruth Kelly 
			 28 April 2008 Ruth Kelly 
			 21 July 2008 Ruth Kelly 
			 1 September 2008 Ruth Kelly 
		
	
	In addition to these meetings, there were other occasions on which Ministers met with BAA to discuss issues such as airport security or surface access; or to discuss airports other than Heathrow.
	Due to IT changes, officials' diaries are not available before April 2008, or July 2008 in some cases. Meetings with BAA have taken place as follows:
	
		
			  Date  Officials 
			 9 April 2008 John Parkinson (Head of Airports Policy, DFT) and Martin Jones (Head of Strategic Roads) 
			 3 July 2008 Jonathan Moor (Director of Airports Strategy, DFT) and John Parkinson 
			 17 July 2008 Jonathan Moor and John Parkinson 
			 22 July 2008 Quarterly meeting with BAA, attended by Simon Webb (Director General of Internal Networks and Environment, DFT) and Jonathan Moor 
			 26 August 2008 Jonathan Moor and John Parkinson 
			 3 September 2008 Simon Webb and Jonathan Moor 
			 18 September 2008 Jonathan Moor and John Parkinson 
			 3 October 2008 Quarterly meeting with BAA, attended by Simon Webb and Jonathan Moor 
			 6 November 2008 Jonathan Moor and John Parkinson 
			 14 November 2008 Jonathan Moor and David Hart (Head of International Networks Analysis and Support) 
			 24 November 2008 Jonathan Moor and John Parkinson 
		
	
	Again, these meetings covered a wide variety of topics, which may have included the expansion of Heathrow.
	Note that officials and ministers have met with BAA following the closure of the Heathrow consultation; but none of these meetings have discussed Heathrow.

Heathrow Airport: Road Traffic

Norman Baker: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to the answer of 12 February 2009,  Official Report, column 2131W, on Heathrow airport: road traffic, what the daily traffic composition was for the main road corridors to Heathrow in 2008.

Jim Fitzpatrick: Road traffic data for 2008 are not yet available. They will be released as part of the Road Traffic Statistics 2008: Traffic, Speeds and Congestion publication in summer 2009.
	Road traffic data for specific roads will be published at:
	www.dft.gov.uk/matrix

Railways: Fares

Norman Baker: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what his latest estimate is of the cost to the public purse of bringing UK rail commuter fares into line with those in other European countries; on what basis he arrived at that estimate; and if he will make a statement.

Paul Clark: holding answer 9 March 2009
	The latest estimate was outlined at the Transport Select Committee by my noble Friend, the Minister of State for Transport (Lord Adonis) on 25 February. We believe lowering fares to the average levels on the continent, as estimated by Passenger Focus, would cost a minimum of 500 million. The Government have no data independent of Passenger Focus on which to undertake modelling.

Legal Aid: Housing

Cheryl Gillan: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice at which courts in England and Wales free legal representation funded by the Government at repossession hearings is available; and how many legal advisers have been allocated to each court.

Shahid Malik: The Legal Services Commission (LSC) funds free legal representation at repossession hearings via the Housing Possession Court Duty Scheme. The scheme is available at 112 courts. There follows a full list of the courts where the scheme is available.
	The LSC does not record the number of advisers per court and there is no specific number of advisers required. The LSC does require that legal aid providers ensure there is at least one adviser in court when the possession lists are heard and that all sessions are covered.
	Aldershot and Farnborough
	Alnwick
	Ashford
	Barnsley
	Barnet
	Basildon
	Birkenhead
	Birmingham
	Bishop Auckland
	Blackpool
	Bow
	Bradford
	Bridlington
	Brighton
	Bromley
	Burton on Trent
	Bury St Edmunds
	Cambridge
	Central London
	Cheltenham
	Chesterfield
	Colchester
	Consett
	Coventry
	Croydon
	Darlington
	Dartford
	Derby
	Dews bury
	Doncaster
	Dover
	Dudley
	Durham
	Eastbourne
	Edmonton
	Folkestone
	Gateshead
	Gee Street Court (Clerkenwell)
	Gee Street Court (Shoreditch)
	Gloucester
	Gravesham
	Great Yarmouth
	Grimsby
	Halifax
	Harlow
	Hartlepool
	Hertford
	Huddersfield
	Hull
	Huntingdon
	Ilford
	Keighley
	Kettering
	Kidderminster
	Kings Lynn
	Kingston
	Lambeth
	Lancaster
	Leeds
	Liverpool
	Lowestoft
	Luton
	Mansfield
	Morpeth and Berwick
	Newcastle
	North Shields
	Northampton
	Norwich
	Nottingham
	Nuneaton
	Oxford
	Peterborough
	Pontefract
	Portsmouth
	Preston
	Redditch
	Rotherham
	Rugby
	Runcorn
	Scarborough
	Scunthorpe
	Sheffield
	Skipton
	Slough
	South Shields
	Southend
	Southport
	St Albans
	St Helens
	Stafford
	Stoke on Trent
	Stourbridge
	Sunderland
	Swansea
	Tameside
	Tamworth
	Teesside
	Tunbridge Wells
	Wakefield
	Wandsworth
	Warrington
	Watford
	Wellingborough
	West London
	Weston Super Mare
	Whitby
	Whitehaven
	Winchester
	Wolverhampton
	Woolwich
	Worcester
	Worthing
	York.
	In addition to the LSC funded schemes, the Department for Communities and Local Government funds 41 court desk schemes in England:
	 DCLG funded schemes:
	Accrington
	Banbury
	Barnstaple
	Barrow-in-Furness
	Bedford
	Bodmin
	Bristol
	Burnley
	Buxton
	Cirencester Magistrates
	Evesham
	Grantham
	Harrogate
	Haywards Heath
	Hereford
	Kendal
	Lewes
	Lincoln
	Ludlow
	Maidstone
	Melton Mowbray
	Nelson
	Newark
	Newport (I.O.W.)
	Northwich
	Oswestry
	Penrith
	Penzance
	Rawtenstall
	Salisbury
	Shrewsbury
	Skegness
	Stratford
	Swindon
	Telford
	Trowbridge
	Truro
	Walsall
	Warwick
	Worksop
	Yeovil.

Legal Aid: Housing

Cheryl Gillan: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice with reference to the answer to the hon. Member for Leeds West of 26 November 2008,  Official Report, columns 1500-01W, on housing: low incomes, how many people in Wales have received assistance from each of the desks established in courts to provide free legal representation at repossession hearings in each month since the scheme's inception.

Shahid Malik: Free legal representation at repossession hearings in Wales is available through Swansea county court, and details of the number of people who have received assistance in each month since it was first piloted in January 2002 are shown as follows.
	Between January 2004 and March 2005 there is no data available. At that time the reporting of this data relied on providers submitting paper forms to the Legal Services Commission and in some cases no forms were ever sent. Since April 2007 this data has been submitted electronically and consequently the figures are more reliable.
	
		
			   Number 
			  2002  
			 January 8 
			 February 10 
			 March 7 
			 April 12 
			 May 18 
			 June 10 
			 July 12 
			 August 6 
			 September 9 
			 October 12 
			 November 4 
			 December 12 
			   
			  2003  
			 January 9 
			 February 6 
			 March 5 
			 April 17 
			 May 5 
			 June 9 
			 July 11 
			 August 12 
			 September 10 
			 October 7 
			 November 1 
			 December 4 
			   
			  2004  
			 January  
			 February  
			 March  
			 April  
			 May  
			 June  
			 July  
			 August  
			 September  
			 October  
			 November  
			 December  
			   
			  2005  
			 January  
			 February  
			 March  
			 April 4 
			 May 1 
			 June 6 
			 July 6 
			 August 11 
			 September 6 
			 October 0 
			 November 0 
			 December 21 
			   
			  2006  
			 January 14 
			 February 4 
			 March 0 
			 April 5 
			 May 12 
			 June 5 
			 July 23 
			 August 7 
			 September 13 
			 October 14 
			 November 5 
			 December 4 
			   
			  2007  
			 January 16 
			 February 9 
			 March 9 
			 April 14 
			 May 9 
			 June 8 
			 July 14 
			 August 9 
			 September 9 
			 October 14 
			 November 8 
			 December 8 
			   
			  2008  
			 January 14 
			 February 12 
			 March 15 
			 April 17 
			 May 6 
			 June 9 
			 July 16 
			 August 13 
			 September 17 
			 October 18 
			 November 11 
			 December 4 
			   
			  2009  
			 January 11 
			 February 6

Legal Aid: Housing

Grant Shapps: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice pursuant to the answer of 3 March 2009,  Official Report, column 1507W, on legal aid: housing 
	(1)  how many applications for acts of assistance relating to housing have been received in 2008-09; and how many such applications have been accepted;
	(2)  how much the Legal Services Commission spent on acts of assistance relating to housing in each of the last five years; and how much has been spent in 2008-09 to date on applications for acts of assistance;
	(3)  how many new housing matters have been started by the Legal Services Commission in 2008-09;
	(4)  what proportion of all applications for  (a) civil representations and  (b) legal help in 2008-09 to date have been related to housing.

Shahid Malik: The information requested is currently being collated. I will write to the hon. Member as soon as the information becomes available.

Reoffenders: Essex

Simon Burns: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many offenders re-offended while on probation in  (a) West Chelmsford constituency and  (b) Essex in the last five years.

David Hanson: The measure of reoffending used to provide National Statistics for England and Wales is not broken down by area. However, newly published data on local adult reoffending (a different measure of reoffending to the national statistics) is broken down by probation area and local authority (upper tier only).
	The number of offenders used to calculate the local reoffending rate for the Essex probation area between 1 October 2007 and 30 September 2008 is 20,810 and the reoffending rate is 8.19 per cent.
	The number of offenders used to calculate the local reoffending rate for the Essex county council area, which excludes the unitary authorities of Southend-on-Sea and Thurrock, is 15,737 and the reoffending rate is 8.20 per cent.
	The local measure measures the reoffending of all offenders on the probation caseload, aged 18 or over, at a certain point in time (a snapshot), while the national measure covers all offenders commencing a court order under probation supervision or released from custody during the first quarter of the year. Additionally, the local measure allows a three month period for reoffences to be committed, while the national measure allows a year.
	The local reoffending figures are produced by aggregating the data of four snapshots of the probation caseload. Therefore the number of offenders quoted above is approximately four times the number of offenders on the caseload at any one time.
	A reoffending rate of 8.19 per cent. with a caseload size of 20,810 does not mean that 1,704 different offenders committed a reoffence, as some offenders may have appeared in more than one cohort and reoffended more than once.
	It should be noted the probation supervision of some offenders may end during the period while their reoffending is being monitored. Therefore some reoffences may be committed after probation supervision has finished.
	For further details please see Local reoffending results 1 October 2007 to 30 September 2008 England and Wales available at:
	http://www.justice.gov.uk/docs/local-adult-reoffending-oct07-sept08.pdf
	This is the first time that reoffending data at the local level have been made available.
	The Ministry of Justice does not currently collate reoffending data at the constituency level.

Departmental Public Consultants

Stewart Jackson: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what payments for  (a) polling and  (b) other services his Department has made to (i) Deborah Mattinson and (ii) Opinion Leader Research Limited since 31 December 2007; and if he will make a statement.

Gerry Sutcliffe: The Department has no records of payments to either Deborah Mattinson or Opinion Leader Research Limited.

Sex Establishments

Peter Bottomley: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if he will take steps to exclude lap dancing from the provisions of temporary event notices.

Gerry Sutcliffe: Lapdancing itself is not a licensable activity under the Licensing Act 2003, which controls activities such as the performance of dance but has no role in censoring the content of any such performance. The Government currently have no plans to change the regime for permitted temporary activities contained in the Licensing Act 2003 or to give it: a new role involving censorship. I am aware that concerns regarding the use of temporary events notices for lapdancing events were raised during the House of Commons committee stage of the Policing and Crime Bill. In response, the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Crime Reduction stated that he would discuss the issue with the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. These discussions are ongoing.

Tourism: South West

Adrian Sanders: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what steps his Department is taking to support the tourist industry in the South West.

Barbara Follett: Between 2008 and 2011, the Department will have provided 3.5 million annually to the regional development agencies for the support of the tourism industry.
	In the same period, the DCMS will provided over 130 million to VisitBritain and VisitEngland to market Britain to overseas visitors, and England to domestic visitors respectively.
	DCMS has also made 45 million (15 million per annum over three years) available through the Sea Change programme, which aims to help the regeneration of seaside resorts in England through cultural and heritage projects. In the first year of the programme (2008-09), 4,160,655 was allocated to the south west as set out in the following table:
	
		
			  Seaside town/resort  Grant allocated () 
			 Torbay 2,247,532 
			 Boscombe 455,000 
			 Teignmouth 376,676 
			 Weston-Super-Mare 951,447 
			 Westward Ho! (1)100,000 
			 Ilfracombe (2)30,000 
			 (1 )Development grant (2 )Feasibility grant

Firearms: Chelmsford

Simon Burns: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many individuals were found to be carrying illegal  (a) weapons and  (b) drugs during stop and search procedures by the police in West Chelmsford constituency in each of the last 10 years.

Alan Campbell: The information requested is not collected centrally.
	Information on stops and searches under pace and the number of resultant arrests for weapons and drugs reported to the Home Office are broken down by police force area only, and cannot separately identify searches in individual constituency areas.

Forensic Science: Females

Christopher Huhne: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many female forensic nurses have been trained in each of the last five years.

Jacqui Smith: The data requested is given in the table.
	
		
			   Number of female forensic nurses trained 
			 2005 1 
			 2006 14 
			 2007 4 
			 2008 4 
			 2009 (1) 
			 Total 23 
			 (1 )None to date.

Illegal Immigrants

Christopher Huhne: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many illegal immigrants have been detected stowing away in lorries at each of her Department's check-points within the UK in each month since January 2005.

Jacqui Smith: In 2008 alone, over 28,000 attempts to cross the channel and enter the UK illegally were prevented at the juxtaposed ports of Calais, Coquelles and Dunkirk.
	The following tables represent the number of clandestines detected in lorries at the juxtaposed locations in northern France from 2005 to 2008 as well as ports within the UK.
	
		
			  Locationjuxtaposed controls 
			   2005  2006  2007  2008 
			   U/E  FP  U/E  FP  U/E  FP  U/E  FP 
			 January 189 872 364 1,227 406 819 785 1,894 
			 February 191 662 427 727 303 643 683 1,394 
			 March 235 705 332 875 297 508 571 947 
			 April 266 887 367 893 320 631 549 1,054 
			 May 249 834 403 946 448 724 490 978 
			 June 207 863 372 820 327 734 506 1,231 
			 July 350 877 377 780 455 717 625 1,306 
			 August 388 894 560 1,092 448 1,075 650 1,900 
			 September 270 927 424 1,317 497 1,286 946 2,055 
			 October 396 842 664 1,588 701 1,771 1,077 2,567 
			 November 449 1,269 528 842 651 1,996 941 2,313 
			 December 423 694 386 587 606 1,517 721 1,824 
			 Total 3,613 10,326 5,204 11,694 5,459 12,421 8,544 19,463 
			  Key: U/E = Represents figures for UKBA detections at juxtaposed ports including contracted partners. FP = Represents figures for detections at juxtaposed ports by the French port authorities. 
		
	
	
		
			  LocationDover, Ramsgate and Dartford Europort 
			   2005  2006  2007  2008 
			 January 60 68 51 68 
			 February 26 43 20 69 
			 March 35 18 27 43 
			 April 17 66 36 26 
			 May 46 41 26 46 
			 June 34 42 28 16 
			 July 41 40 37 31 
			 August 50 40 51 55 
			 September 45 36 56 45 
			 October 55 62 84 57 
			 November 47 53 42 89 
			 December 64 32 83 70 
			 Total 520 561 541 615 
		
	
	
		
			  Location Hull, Immingham, Humber Sea Terminal, Grimsby, Tyne Commission Quay and Teesport 
			   2005  2006  2007  2008 
			 January   3 8 
			 February   10 4 
			 March  5 9  
			 April  14  4 
			 May  8  7 
			 June  6 23 12 
			 July  4 8 12 
			 August  1  8 
			 September  1 9 9 
			 October  1 2 6 
			 November  17   
			 December4 
			 Total 81 57 64 74 
		
	
	
		
			  LocationPurfleet and Tilbury 
			   2005  2006  2007  2008 
			 January38 
			 February   4 13 
			 March   7 10 
			 April   9 9 
			 May   12 7 
			 June   3 13 
			 July  1 10 24 
			 August   2 16 
			 September  9 7 22 
			 October  16  7 
			 November  2 16 14 
			 December  2  11 
			 Total  30 70 184 
		
	
	
		
			  LocationNewhaven, Portsmouth, Plymouth and Poole 
			   2005  2006  2007  2008 
			 January  15 29 24 
			 February  42 18 10 
			 March  9 12 5 
			 April  8 7 10 
			 May  15 27 9 
			 June  14 44 14 
			 July  10 21 17 
			 August  44 24 8 
			 September  19 31 19 
			 October  17 20 14 
			 November  20 44 20 
			 December  20 18 4 
			 Total 163 233 295 154 
		
	
	All the data provided above have been compiled from locally held management information and as such does not represent National Statistics. It may therefore be subject to change.

National Police Improvement Agency: Consultants

Chris Grayling: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much has been spent on consultants by the National Police Improvement Agency in the last year for which figures are available, broken down by  (a) project and  (b) contractor.

Jacqui Smith: The total National Policing Improvement Agency (NPIA) consultancy spend for the 2007-08 financial year was 71.4 million. This spend is made up of 66.5 million which was recorded in the Income and Expenditure accounts, along with 4.9 million of capitalised spend, which was included in the fixed asset additions for the year.
	The main consultancy services purchased by the NPIA are:
	specialised technical resources needed in the design and build of technology projects, for use by the police service,
	project and programme management skills,
	specific expert advice and guidance, where the NPIA does not retain the required skills or knowledge.
	We do not hold this information in the format requested, but are able to provide the following without incurring disproportionate cost.
	Table 1 shows consultancy spend on key projects within the NPIA during 2007-08.
	Table 2 shows the cost of the 20 largest suppliers of consultancy resource to the NPIA during this period.
	
		
			  Table 1: NPIA consultancy spend on NPIA key projects during 2007-08 
			million 
			 Custody and Case 19.4 
			 IMPACT 12.5 
			 Livescan 9.2 
			 Airwave 4.5 
			 Schengen Information System II 3.4 
			 PentiP 1.7 
		
	
	
		
			  Table 2: Top 20 suppliers of consultancy resource to NPIA during 2007-08 
			million 
			 Metropolitan police authority(1) 10.4 
			 Northrop Grumman Commercial Sys 8.7 
			 Capgemini UK Plc 7.0 
			 SunGard Public Sector Ltd. 5.5 
			 PA Consulting Group 2.4 
			 Rullion Computer Personnel Ltd. 2.0 
			 Cable and Wireless Communications 1.6 
			 Accenture 1.3 
			 Imperial College London 1.2 
			 LA International Consultants 1.2 
			 Generic Software Consultants Ltd. 1.2 
			 Northgate SIS Ltd. (Anite) 1.1 
			 Northgate Information Solutions UK 0.8 
			 Hudson Global Resources 0.8 
			 Parity Solutions Ltd. 0.7 
			 Amtec Consulting plc 0.6 
			 Spring Technology Staffing Services 0.6 
			 Arqiva 0.5 
			 Parity Resources 0.5 
			 QinetiQ 0.5 
			 (1) The Metropolitan Police Authority is shown as a supplier as it is recharging some of its own costs incurred for work on NPIA projects

Offensive Weapons: Convictions

Chris Grayling: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 11 February 2009,  Official Report, column 2056W, on the Tackling Knives Action Programme, how many convictions for possession of a knife were recorded in each of the 10 Tackling Knives Action Programme areas between June and November in each of the last five years.

Jacqui Smith: The information requested is shown in the following table.
	Figures for individual TKAP areas are not provided, on the advice of statisticians, because the numbers are small for some areas and this means that changes over time for an area can be volatile.
	
		
			  Offences involving the possession of a knife or offensive weapon resulting in a sentence in TKAP areas as recorded on the police national computer, June to November, 2004-08 
			   Number of offences 
			 2004 5,016 
			 2005 4,883 
			 2006 4,859 
			 2007 4,701 
			 2008 5,516 
		
	
	The figures for the most recent period are likely to be revised as more information is recorded by the police.

Prostitution

John McDonnell: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department 
	(1)  when her Department plans to publish the responses received to the consultation letter of 26 September 2008 on proposals for prostitution legislation;
	(2)  when the Violent Crime Unit plans to publish responses to its consultation letter on proposals for prostitution legislation dated 26 September 2008.

Lynne Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when she plans to publish the responses to her Department's letter dated 26 September 2008 asking for views on her proposals arising out of the Tackling Demand for Prostitution review.

Alan Campbell: The Government wrote to a range of interested organisations on 26 September to seek their views on the proposed legislation. We received 67 responses from a variety of organisations representing the voluntary sector, statutory partners, local authorities and representatives of persons involved in prostitution and the lap-dancing industry. This was not a formal consultation and we did not indicate to potential respondents that their responses would be published, we therefore do not feel it appropriate to do so, although individual organisations are, of course, free to publicise their own views.
	The issues involved here have also been subject to detailed scrutiny and discussion during the passage of the Policing and Crime Bill.

Public Order Offences

Chris Grayling: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department with reference to Table 2.04, Home Office Statistical Bulletin 07/08 Crime in England and Wales, if she will break down by offence the figure of 35,058 offences of Other offences against the State and public order recorded in 2007-08.

Jacqui Smith: It is not possible to provide the breakdown requested. Police forces in England and Wales notify the Home Office of an aggregated figure for 'Other offences against the State and public order' but individual offences within that offence classification cannot be separately identified centrally.

Vetting

Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many and what percentage of enhanced Criminal Records Bureau checks took longer than  (a) 10,  (b) 20,  (c) 30,  (d) 40,  (e) 50,  (f) 60,  (g) 70,  (h) 80,  (i) 90,  (j) 100,  (k) 150,  (l) 200 and  (m) 300 working days to complete in each year since 2003;

Shahid Malik: The Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) does not hold the information in the format requested.
	The CRB operates to a set of published service standards (PSS) which include to issue 90 per cent, of standard disclosures within 10 days and 90 per cent. of enhanced disclosures within 28 days.
	The figures showing how many and what percentage of enhanced disclosures were completed in 28 days or fewer and in more than 28 days in each financial year since 2004 are shown in the following table:
	
		
			   Enhanced disclosures issued in 28 days or fewer  Enhanced disclosures issued in more than 28 days  
			   Number  Percentage  Number  Percentage  Total 
			 2004-05 1,938,010 89.9 217,730 10.1 2,155,740 
			 2005-06 2,073,621 84.4 383,276 15.6 2,456,897 
			 2006-07 2,494,629 84.6 454,105 15.4 2,948,743 
			 2007-08 2,828,768 93.4 199,892 6.6 3,028,660 
			 2008-09 2,528,724 88.2 338,310 11.8 2,867,034 
		
	
	Information from before 2004 was not recorded in this format and therefore is. unavailable.

Work Permits

James Clappison: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 10 February 2009,  Official Report, columns 1834-5W, on work permits, if she will give a breakdown of the occupations in the category, others.

Phil Woolas: holding answer 23 February 2009
	The following table provides a breakdown of occupations in the category Others and the associated number of individual approved work permit applications for the period 1 January 2006 to 31 December 2008 with the appropriate caveats.
	
		
			  W ork permit applications approved between  1 January 2006 and 31 December  2008 by selected category of occupation 
			  Occupation  2006  2007  2008  Total 
			 Polo Groom 900 1,025 1,590 3,515 
			 Other Legal Occupation 1,095 1,140 1,035 3,270 
			 Head Chef 970 955 1,130 3,060 
			 Lecturer (University) 990 1,110 890 2,990 
			 Second Chef 975 945 950 2,875 
			 Computer Programmer 980 800 950 2,730 
			 Other Construction/Land Occupation 815 810 820 2,445 
			 Musician 780 805 845 2,430 
			 Architect 855 845 730 2,430 
			 Fashion (Model) 710 750 835 2,300 
			 Pharmacist 660 670 760 2,090 
			 Researchers-Sponsored 735 715 470 1,920 
			 Restaurant Manager 670 575 665 1,915 
			 Social Worker 785 550 560 1,895 
			 Groom 335 495 575 1,405 
			 Other Entertainment Related Occupation 410 420 485 1,315 
			 Singer 390 435 450 1,275 
			 Surveyor 435 475 340 1,245 
			 Mushroom Processor - SBS 1,155 10 * 1,165 
			 Electrical/Electronic Engineer 365 345 385 1,095 
			 Radiographer 345 445 295 1,080 
			 Senior House Officer 640 345 65 1,050 
			 Specialist Registrar 595 250 195 1,040 
			 Lawyer 435 365 220 1,020 
			 Waiter/Waitress 470 385 165 1,020 
			 Civil/Structural Engineer 290 395 325 1,010 
			 Jockey (Work Rider) 245 315 405 970 
			 Other Transport Related Occupation 370 315 280 965 
			 General Manager 320 325 265 910 
			 Aircraft Engineer 200 270 395 870 
			 Meat Process Operative-SBS 850 5  855 
			 Solicitor 275 265 310 850 
			 Auditing 305 280 265 850 
			 Cricket Player/Coach 195 245 340 775 
			 Other Agricultural Occupation 345 205 175 730 
			 Physiotherapist 305 245 170 720 
			 Foundation Programme Dr 355 215 145 715 
			 Cricket Player 270 250 180 700 
			 Fashion (Other Related Occupation) 280 220 180 685 
			 Mechanical Engineer 220 210 230 660 
			 Disc Jockey 210 205 225 640 
			 Computer Engineer 290 160 175 620 
			 Skilled Craftsmen 235 145 190 570 
			 It Manager 185 185 185 560 
			 Actor (Film) 185 175 180 540 
			 Trader 150 200 180 530 
			 Dental Surgeon 215 155 145 520 
			 Architectural Technician 155 185 175 515 
			 Technician (Film) 140 185 160 485 
			 Geologist 140 155 190 485 
			 Meat Cutter - SBS 460 15 * 480 
			 Occupational Therapist 180 155 140 475 
			 Network Specialist 160 150 115 430 
			 Polo Player 120 115 180 415 
			 Other Sports Related Occupation 125 165 100 390 
			 Veterinary Surgeon 140 135 115 390 
			 Hotel Manager 175 115 85 375 
			 Database Specialist 90 155 105 350 
			 Biomedical Scientist 135 100 95 330 
			 Actor (Theatre) 110 115 100 325 
			 Kabaddi Player 110 110 95 315 
			 Personnel/Training Manager 100 125 90 310 
			 Dancer (Other) 105 115 90 305 
			 Comedian 70 90 105 260 
			 Investment Analyst 65 90 100 255 
			 Ice Hockey Player 60 85 105 250 
			 Producer (TV) 75 75 95 250 
			 Circus Artiste 95 70 75 245 
			 Lacrosse Development Officer 60 75 100 235 
			 Meat Packer - SBS 235   235 
			 Teacher Foreign Circ 80 85 70 235 
			 Midwife 70 90 70 235 
			 Basketball Player 80 80 70 230 
			 Rugby Union Player 75 70 75 220 
			 Actuary 90 75 55 220 
			 Director (Film) 75 75 65 215 
			 Football Player 70 65 70 210 
			 Hospital Consultant 80 50 60 190 
			 Process Operatives - SBS 190   190 
			 Dancer (Ballet) 60 55 65 180 
			 Psychiatrist 110 40 25 175 
			 Producer (Film) 75 45 50 175 
			 Chemical Engineer 55 65 55 170 
			 Conductor 60 50 65 170 
			 Optician 80 45 40 170 
			 Ship Related Occupation 60 55 55 165 
			 Rugby League Player 60 45 50 155 
			 Personal Assistant 60 50 45 155 
			 Dental Nurse 60 45 50 155 
			 Electronic Engineer 40 35 80 155 
			 Choreographer 50 50 50 150 
			 Fish Filleter - SBS 150   150 
			 Transport  Highways Engineer 50 55 40 145 
			 Meat Bone Extractor - SBS 145   145 
			 Medical Practitioner 55 35 55 145 
			 Manager (Entertainment Related) 45 40 60 140 
			 Animator 45 55 40 140 
			 Sheep Shearer 30 55 50 140 
			 Writer 35 40 55 135 
			 Editor (Film) 40 45 35 115 
			 Purchasing Manager 40 40 30 115 
			 Catering Manager 50 30 30 110 
			 Receptionist 65 25 20 110 
			 Advertising/Public Relations Manager 45 35 30 110 
			 Legal Executive 35 20 55 110 
			 Railway Engineer 50 40 20 105 
			 GP Registrar 65 25 10 100 
			 Coach (Other) 25 35 30 90 
			 Director (Theatre) 40 15 35 90 
			 Editor (TV) 35 35 20 90 
			 Speech Therapist 35 35 20 90 
			 Audiologist 30 20 35 85 
			 Actor (TV) 20 35 25 80 
			 Cricket Coach 25 25 25 80 
			 Technician (Theatre) 40 20 20 80 
			 Farm Worker 40 15 20 75 
			 Attorney 30 25 20 75 
			 Presenter 30 20 25 75 
			 Boxer 30 25 20 70 
			 Dietician 30 20 25 70 
			 Investment Manager 30 15 20 70 
			 Fish Packer - SBS 65   65 
			 Insurance Broker 20 25 20 65 
			 Motor Sports Driver 15 20 25 65 
			 Technician (Music) 15 10 40 65 
			 Bank Manager 20 20 25 65 
			 Camera Person (TV/Film) 25 30 10 65 
			 Psychologist 30 20 15 65 
			 Chiropractor 25 25 10 60 
			 Jockey 20 25 15 60 
			 Kitchen Assistant - SBS 45 15  60 
			 Acupuncturist 20 20 20 60 
			 Polo Trainer 35 20 5 60 
			 Photographer 20 20 15 55 
			 Trimmer - SBS 55   55 
			 Water Engineer 15 25 20 55 
			 Treasurer/Financial Mgr 15 25 15 55 
			 Meat Bone Breaker - SBS 55   55 
			 Assistant Dentist 30 20 5 50 
			 Speedway 15 15 15 50 
			 Interpreter/Translator 20 15 10 50 
			 Airline Pilot 10 20 15 45 
			 Director TV 10 25 10 45 
			 Ice Skater 10 20 15 45 
			 Road Crew 10 15 20 45 
			 It Architect (Senior) 15 20 10 40 
			 Materials Engineer 15 15 10 40 
			 Animal Gut Remover - SBS 30   30 
			 Rail Engineer (Structural/Bridge) 10 15 5 30 
			 Snooker Player 10 10 10 30 
			 Dancer (Contemporary) 10 5 10 30 
			 Food Service Op - SBS 30   30 
			 Technician (TV) 5 15 10 30 
			 Electronic and Opto-Elect 5 10 10 25 
			 Producer (Music) 10 10 10 25 
			 Composer 5 10 10 25 
			 Captain 10 15 * 25 
			 Cold Store Operative - SBS 25   25 
			 Farm Manager 10 5 10 25 
			 TV Consultant 5 5 10 25 
			 Hockey Player 10 10 5 20 
			 Stock Broker 5 10 5 20 
			 Commentator * 10 10 20 
			 Director Music 5 5 5 20 
			 Gymnasts Coach 10 5 5 20 
			 Chick Sexer 5 15 * 20 
			 Rail Engineer (Transport/Highway) 15 * 5 20 
			 Martial Arts Coach 10 5 5 15 
			 Racquet Sport Coach 10 5 * 15 
			 Cleaner Of Premises - SBS 15 *  15 
			 Waiting Staff - SBS 15 *  15 
			 Circus Rigger 5 * 5 15 
			 Editor (Music) 5 5 5 15 
			 Rugby Union Coach 5 5 5 15 
			 Water Sports Related Occupation 5 5 5 15 
			 Helicopter Pilot 10 5 5 15 
			 Meat Slaughterer - SBS 15   15 
			 Chef (NVQ2  Below) - SBS 15   15 
			 Fitness Consultant 5 5 5 10 
			 Production Accountant 5 * 5 10 
			 Wrestler 5 5 5 10 
			 Other Occupation-SBS (Gen) 10   10 
			 Lairageman - SBS 10   10 
			 Basketball Coach 5 5 * 10 
			 Magician 5 5 5 10 
			 Commodity Broker * 5 5 10 
			 Other Occupation-SBS (Fish) 10   10 
			 Mc (Master Of Ceremonies)  5 * 10 
			 Boxing Coach 5 5 * 5 
			 Dental Anaesthetist 5 *  5 
			 Not Stated * 5 5 5 
			 Chiropodist/Podiatrist * * * 5 
			 Bar Staff - SBS 5 *  5 
			 Football Manager/Coach * *  5 
			 Room Attendant - SBS 5   5 
			 Rugby League Coach  * * 5 
			 Advocate * *  5 
			 Hockey Coach * *  5 
			 Martial Arts Performer 5   5 
			 Racquet Sport Player * * * 5 
			 Assistant Optometrist  * * * 
			 Gymnast *   * 
			 Ice Hockey Coach  * * * 
			 Kirtan Performer *   * 
			 American Football Tech   * * 
			 Barrister  *  * 
			 Other Occupation - SBS (Meat) *   * 
			 Reception Staff - SBS *   * 
			 Total 30,935 25,975 25,320 82,235 
			  Notes: Figures are rounded to nearest 5. Because of rounding, figures may not add up to totals shown. The figures quoted are not provided under National Statistics protocols and have been derived from local management information and are therefore provisional and subject to change. The occupational categories used are not compatible with those in the Standard Occupational Classification  Caveats: The figures do not equate to the number of individual nationals who were granted permits because they include those applications approved to extend or amend an existing permit or where the individual has moved to another job with a different employer. Not all those who were granted a permit took up the job and some may have been refused entry clearance or further leave to remain.

Departmental Manpower

Andrew Mitchell: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development pursuant to the answer of 26 February 2009,  Official Report, columns 1003-4W, on departmental manpower, whether the Department publicises staff numbers for country offices not assessed by the National Audit Office report of October 2008 as insecure; and if he will make a statement.

Douglas Alexander: The Department for International Development (DFID) no longer publicises staff numbers for country offices, irrespective of whether they were assessed by the National Audit Office in October 2008.

Community Relations

Patrick Mercer: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the Answer of 16 December 2008,  Official Report, columns 582-83W, on community relations, 
	(1)  what steps her Department has taken in response to the observations on page 6 of the report on the learning and development exercise issued by the Audit Commission and Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary;
	(2)  how many local authorities have selected National Indicator 35 as part of their local area agreements; and when local authorities are due to report on progress against that indicator in respect of work done under the Prevent strand of Project Contest in 2008.

Sadiq Khan: In responding to the observations in the Preventing Violent Extremism: Learning and Development Exercise report relating to assessing success, my department has responded by commissioning research from the Tavistock Institute and De Montfort University to investigate the national and international contributing factors to violent extremism; on 10 December 2008 the Secretary of State announced that we would be working to establish a national 'centre of excellence' that local areas can access for practical advice on Prevent; and we have published guidance produced jointly between Communities and Local Government, the Home Office and the Office for Public Management to assist local authorities and the police in reporting outcomes linked to National Indicator 35 (NI 35). Currently 19 local authorities have selected NI 35 as a priority indicator as part of their local area agreements. Progress against NI 35 for 2008-09, will be reported from April 2009.

Community Relations

Patrick Mercer: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the Answer of 16 December 2008,  Official Report, columns 583-84W, on community relations, how many area-based grants have been made by her Department; which other departments have made area-based grants; and how much her Department has spent on area-based grants in each year since 2006.

Sadiq Khan: Area Based Grant was introduced in April 2008 and is a single grant paid to local authorities. Details of all area based grant allocations made for 2008-09 and 2009-10 are available at:
	http://www.communities.gov.uk/localgovernment/localgovernmentfinance/areabasedgrant/

Community Relations

Paul Goodman: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government with reference to her Department's report Preventing violent extremism: next steps for communities, how much of the 80 million for community-led work to tackle violent extremism will be allocated to  (a) national projects,  (b) the Community Leadership Fund and  (c) local authorities in (i) 2008-09, (ii) 2009-10 and (iii) 2010-11.

Sadiq Khan: Our overall budget for this Comprehensive Spending Review period (2008-11) is 84.5 million (20.5 million/27.5 m8illion/36.5 million). Over the CSR period, 45 million of this funding will be paid through the area based grant to local authorities, and 5.1 million will be allocated through the community leadership fund.
	The Department has budgeted to spend 8.5 million on Prevent related projects in the financial year 2008-09. The budget allocation split for the following two years 2009-11 has not yet been finalised, but we expect to support national projects in a number of areas including: theological understanding; building community resilience, engaging and empowering young Muslims and Muslim women; local partnerships and delivery; faith institutions; campaigns; and research and evaluation.

Community Relations: Islam

John Randall: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government with reference to the Answer of 5 February 2008,  Official Report, columns 1425-6W, on community relations: Islam, whether the Young Muslim Advisory Group has been established for a fixed time period; and for how long she expects her Department to monitor the group's progress.

Sadiq Khan: The Young Muslims Advisory Group (YMAG) has been established for a period of two years, ending in September 2010. The YMAG's progress will be monitored throughout this time by both the Department for Communities and Local Government and the Department for Children, Schools and Families.

Departmental Buildings

Stewart Jackson: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Ilford North of 26 January 2009,  Official Report, column 106W, on departmental buildings, under what budgetary heading the expenditure referred to in the table was incurred in the most recent year for which audited figures are available; and in respect of which locations such expenditure was incurred.

Sadiq Khan: The figures quoted in the table are in the consolidated 2007-08 Departmental Resource Accounts, published on 21 July 2008, and are included under the budgetary headings; Other Administration Costs, Other Expenditure, Accommodation shown in Note 9 (page 53) and Programme Costs, Other Expenditure, Accommodation shown in Note 10 (page 54). The expenditure was incurred in Central London, Bristol, Hemel Hempstead and Uttoxeter.

Departmental Data Protection

Anne Main: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 
	(1)  if she will place in the Library a copy of her Department's IT security hierarchy;
	(2)  what scanning for vulnerabilities her Department conducts of each of its IT devices; what method is used for IT device scans; and how many vulnerabilities have been detected as a result of such scans in the last 12 months.

Sadiq Khan: It is not in the interest of the security of the Department, or that of the public, to disclose detailed information pertaining to electronic breaches of security of Department's IT systems. Disclosing such information would enable criminals and those who would attempt to cause disruptive threats to the department to deduce how to conduct attacks and therefore potentially enhance their capability to carry out such attacks.

Departmental Data Protection

Stewart Jackson: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Bromley and Chislehurst of 11 February 2009,  Official Report, column 2063W, on departmental data protection, what dataset the Department has backed up in the United States.

Sadiq Khan: The Public Inquiry Service Database is hosted in the USA and stores approximately 4,000 records.

Faith Communities Capacity Building Fund

Stewart Jackson: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government which organisations have received funding under the Faith Communities Capacity Building Fund to date; and what the  (a) purpose and  (b) monetary value of the grant was in each case.

Sadiq Khan: The Faith Communities Capacity Building Fund was distributed over the three years 2004-05 to 2007-08, in two rounds of funding. I have placed in the Library a list showing each organisation that received funding, the amount awarded and the purpose.
	The fund had two categories: capacity building and inter faith activity. The purpose of the capacity building category was to help build the organisational capabilities of faith-based organisations, enabling them to play a fuller part in civil society by engaging more effectively with public authorities. Capacity building for the large grants was subdivided into three categories: leadership and management; relationships with local, regional or national government; and mentoring smaller faith organisations. The purpose of the inter faith category was to improve cohesion between different faith groups and the wider community, thereby bringing people of different faiths together to promote mutual understanding, respect and co-operation.

Fire Services: Contracts

Stewart Jackson: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Ruislip-Northwood of 26 January 2009,  Official Report, column 108W, on fire services: contracts, in what Government Office regions contracts have been signed for the regional fire control rooms; and in which Government Office regions and for what services contracts have not been signed.

Sadiq Khan: All major contracts with third party suppliers have now been signed.
	In eight out of the nine Government office regions, regional control centre buildings have been built and leases have been signed. Three of these leases (in the north east, East Midlands and north west regions) have been assigned to the local authority controlled companies which will operate them. It is intended to assign the remaining leases, currently held by my Department, to the relevant local authority controlled company in due course.
	In London, where the building is on track to be completed by February 2010, it is intended that the lease will be held by the London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority.
	The Facilities Management contract has been signed for all the buildings.
	There is a single IT contract for FiReControl between my Department and EADS Defence and Security which covers all Government office regions.

Homelessness: Greater London

Paul Burstow: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Leeds North West of 24 February 2009,  Official Report, columns 545-56W, on homelessness, if she will provide figures equivalent to those in the table for each London borough; and if she will make a statement.

Iain Wright: Information about English local housing authorities' actions under the homelessness legislation (part 7 of the Housing Act 1996) is collected quarterly at local authority level. Data collected include the number of applicants accepted by local housing authorities as eligible for assistance, unintentionally homeless and in priority need, and therefore owed a main homelessness duty (to secure that suitable accommodation is available). These households are known as 'accepted' households.
	In addition, some applicants may be found to be in priority need, but are not accepted as owed a main homelessness duty because they were found to be intentionally homeless. For these cases we do not hold the reason for priority need centrally.
	Figures reported by each London local authority, for the last six month, 12 month and two year periods, are provided in a table which has been placed in the Library. These show the number of applicants who were: (a) assessed as being homeless and in priority need; of which those (b) accepted as owed a main homelessness duty; and of which those that were (c) vulnerable though (i) having served in HM forces, (ii) having been on remand or in custody, and (iii) being a former asylum seeker (since April 2000, asylum seekers have been ineligible for assistance under the homelessness legislation, with certain exceptions where an asylum claim had been made prior to 3 April 2000).
	However, it is important to note that some applicants who had previously been in the HM forces, on remand or in custody, or are a former asylum seeker, may have been accepted with alternative primary priority needs (for example through having dependant children or being a pregnant woman) and so will not be shown as being priority need for these reasons.

Housing North West

Stewart Jackson: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer to Lord Greaves of 23 February 2009,  Official Report, House of Lords, column 17WA, on Housing North West, in which other Government Office regions in England regional partnerships have been established.

Iain Wright: None of the Government Office regions have regional housing partnerships similar to the North West, although there are regional partnerships in London and the West Midlands.
	In London the Mayor has established the Mayor's Housing Forum (MHF). The primary role of the MHF is to act as an advisory body to the Mayor in the development of the Mayor's Housing Strategy and its implementation. It also aims to share information and develop ideas about key housing issues in London and to receive and consider key documentation on research, strategies and policy initiatives; and the relevant strategies of member organisations.
	The MHF is chaired by the Mayor's Office and the Greater London authority provides the secretariat. The MHF meets quarterly.
	In the West Midlands there are a series of three interrelated voluntary partnerships, who work together to deliver on the housing agenda.
	Strategic Advisory Panel, which provides a wide forum for planning, environment and housing policy issues to be debated.
	Regional housing executive oversees the development and delivery of the regional housing strategy, and recommends investment in line with the regional housing strategy.
	West Midlands Regional Housing Advisory Forum; this is an officer-led partnership group, which supports the activities of the regional housing executive.
	The partnerships are all voluntary and receive no funding.

Land: Databases

Stewart Jackson: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government which public bodies will have access to  (a) Ordnance Survey,  (b) Landmark and  (c) Dotted Eyes geographic data under the Pan-Government Agreement.

Sadiq Khan: All members of the Pan-Government Agreement for geographic data will have access to products provided by both Ordnance Survey and the Landmark-Dotted Eyes consortium from 1 April 2009.
	The 96 members will be:
	4NW
	Advantage West Midlands
	Amgueddfa CymruNational Museum Wales
	Arts Council of Wales
	Audit Commission
	Boundary Commission for Wales
	British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
	British Geological Survey (BGS)
	Potato Council Ltd.
	British Waterways
	Cabinet Office
	Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (CEH)
	Charity Commission
	Church Commissioners
	Coal Authority (The)
	Commission for Rural Communities
	Communities and Local Government
	Consumer Council for Water
	Consumer Focus
	Countryside Council for Wales (CCW)
	Crown Estate (The)
	Defence Estates (DE)
	Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (DBERR)
	Department for Children, Schools and Families
	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra)
	Department for Transport (DfT)
	Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)
	Department of Health (DH)
	East Midlands Development Agency (EMDA)
	East Midlands Regional Assembly
	East of England Development Agency
	East of England Regional Assembly
	Electoral Commission (The)
	English Heritage
	Homes and Communities Agency
	Environment Agency (EA)
	Food Standards Agency (The)
	Forensic Intelligence Bureau
	Forestry Commission
	Government Offices Regional Coordination Unit (RCU)
	Health and Safety Executive (HSE)
	Health Protection Agency
	Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC)
	Higher Education Funding Council for Wales
	Highways Agency
	Home Office
	House of Commons Library
	Information Centre for Health and Social Care
	Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
	Land Registry
	Local Government Boundary Commission for Wales
	London Thames Gateway Development Corporation
	Maritime and Coastguard Agency
	Met Office
	Ministry of Defence
	Ministry of Justice
	National Assembly for Wales Parliamentary Service
	National Audit Office
	National Housing and Planning Advice Unit
	National Policing Improvement Agency (NPIA)
	Natural England
	NHS Connecting for Health
	NHS Counter Fraud and Security Management Service
	North East Regional Assembly
	North West Regional Development Agency
	Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA)
	Office for National Statistics (ONS)
	Office of Communications (Ofcom)
	Office of Government Commerce (OGC)
	Oil and Pipelines Agency
	Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA)
	One North East
	Planning Portal
	Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales (RCAHMW)
	Royal Parks (The)
	Serious Organised Crime Agency
	(SOCA) South East England Development Agency (SEEDA)
	South East England Regional Assembly
	South West Observatory
	South West Regional Assembly
	South West Regional Development Agency (SWRDA)
	Sport England
	Sports Council for Wales
	Tenant Services Authority
	The National Library of Wales
	Training and Development Agency for Schools
	Tribunals Service
	UK Border Agency
	Valuation Office Agency (VOA)
	Wales Audit Office
	Wales Centre for Health (WCfH)
	Welsh Assembly Government
	Welsh Health Estates
	West Midlands Regional Assembly
	Yorkshire and Humber Assembly
	Yorkshire Forward

Legal Opinion

Stewart Jackson: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Welwyn Hatfield of 29 January 2009,  Official Report, column 641W, on legal opinion, on what topics external legal advice was commissioned in 2007-08.

Sadiq Khan: External legal advice has been commissioned on the following topics;
	Fire Control Project
	Housing Mobility Project
	General Minor Legal Expenses
	Geographic Data Licensing Project
	Firelink Project
	Commission for Equality and Human Rights Setup Project
	Fire Research Project
	It Services Outsourcing Project
	Planning Portal Project
	Housing Information Pack Register Project
	Land Registry Fees
	Gypsy and Traveller Sites Grant Project
	Green Flag Project
	A detailed breakdown of this list could be achieved only at disproportionate cost.

Local Government

Stewart Jackson: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if she will place in the Library a copy of the presentation and handouts provided for the Strategy Unit seminar of 26 January 2009 by the chairman of the Tenant Services Authority on the subject Where next for local government.

Iain Wright: The Strategy Unit seminar Where next for local government? is being rescheduled and new dates are yet to be confirmed. As the event is yet to be scheduled, the TSA have not prepared any materials for circulation. Further information about the Strategy Unit and their programme of seminars can be found on the Strategy Unit website at:
	http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/strategy.aspx

Local Government: Bank Services

Stewart Jackson: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government with reference to the Answer to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar of 17 October 2008,  Official Report, column 1577W, on local government: bank services, what information  (a) her Department and  (b) the Audit Commission received from (i) the Financial Services Authority, (ii) the Bank of England and (iii) HM Treasury on the level of risk associated with investment in Icelandic banks before October 2008.

John Healey: On part  (a), my Department did not receive, nor would we expect to have received, information from any source on the Icelandic banks. As the Department's investment guidance, published in 2004, makes very clear investment decisions are a matter for the local authorities concerned,
	On part  (b) the Audit Commission has confirmed that it did not receive, nor would expect to receive, information from the sources named in the question regarding investments in Icelandic banks.

Local Government: Pensions

Stewart Jackson: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the name and address is of each administrator of each individual fund within the Local Government Pension Scheme; and which local authorities are members of each individual fund.

John Healey: The pension manager of each fund is designated as the relevant administrator of each of the eighty-nine Local Government Pension scheme funds in England and Wales. Contact details can be found at:
	www.lge.gov.uk/lge/core.
	Schedule 4, parts 1 and 2, of the Local Government Pension scheme (Administration) Regulations 2008 set out the requirements on which individual fund, employers contribute to their respective pension funds. Details of these employers are not held centrally.

Local Government: Pensions

Stewart Jackson: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 
	(1)  which councillors are members of the Local Government Pension Scheme in their capacities as councillors;
	(2)  whether councillor members of joint waste authorities are eligible to join the Local Government Pension Scheme in their capacity as members of such authorities; and what powers such authorities have to admit them to membership.

John Healey: Only elected members of a district council, county council or London borough council are defined as eligible members for the purpose access to the Local Government Pension scheme.
	Decisions on access for councillors to the scheme are made by each local authority in the light of recommendations from its independent remuneration panel. There is no requirement to provide details to the Department of who has taken up any subsequent right of access.

Mortgages

Stewart Jackson: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Oldham West and Royton, of 12 February 2009,  Official Report, column 2219W, on mortgages, how many and what proportion of mortgages were in each list house price to income ratio bracket in each year for which data is available.

Iain Wright: This information is not collected by Communities and Local Government. However for the UK we have made the following estimates based on data from the Regulated Mortgage Survey and the Council of Mortgage Lenders.
	
		
			  Number of mortgages for house purchase by price to income ratio, UK 
			   House price to income ratio 
			   Less than or equal to 6  Greater than 6 but no more than 8  Greater than 8  but no more than 10  Greater than 10  Total 
			 1997 1,050,746 31,656 11,230 9,963 1,103,595 
			 1998 1,030,377 35,115 11,600 11,179 1,088,271 
			 1999 1,179,639 44,620 15,464 14,175 1,253,898 
			 2000 1,043,624 47,181 16,815 15,341 1,122,960 
			 2001 1,207,137 64,580 21,093 20,901 1,313,711 
			 2002 1,249,509 89,449 30,076 27,761 1,396,795 
			 2003 1,025,385 130,147 50,201 46,184 1,251,917 
			 2004 935,632 174,841 71,398 62,931 1,244,801 
			 2005 798,731 124,523 49,157 42,310 1,014,722 
			 2006 924,932 120,789 42,352 37,937 1,126,010 
			 2007 819,298 117,305 42,241 37,555 1,016,400 
			 2008 410,779 62,897 22,513 20,111 516,300 
		
	
	
		
			  Proportion of mortgages for house purchase by price to income ratio, UK 
			   House price to income ratio 
			   Less than or equal to 6  Greater than 6 but no more than 8  Greater than 8 but no more than 10  Greater than 10  Total 
			 1997 95.2 2.9 1.0 0.9 100 
			 1998 94.7 3.2 1.1 1.0 100 
			 1999 94.1 3.6 1.2 1.1 100 
			 2000 92.9 4.2 1.5 1.4 100 
			 2001 91.9 4.9 1.6 1.6 100 
			 2002 89.5 6.4 2.2 2.0 100 
			 2003 81.9 10.4 4.0 3.7 100 
			 2004 75.2 14.0 5.7 5.1 100 
			 2005 78.7 12.3 4.8 4.2 100 
			 2006 82.1 10.7 3.8 3.4 100 
			 2007 80.6 11.5 4.2 3.7 100 
			 2008 79.6 12.2 4.4 3.9 100 
			  Source: Regulated Mortgage Survey and Council of Mortgage Lenders

Mortgages: Government Assistance

Mark Hoban: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what estimate she has made of the cost to the public purse of the Homeowner Mortgage Support Scheme in each of the next two years.

Margaret Beckett: We are currently working with lenders to agree the Master Guarantee for the Homeowners Mortgage Support Scheme, which we expect to be open for business with the first lenders in April. We will publish a full impact assessment when the Master Guarantee Deed has been finalised.

Mortgages: Government Assistance

Mark Hoban: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what progress has been made on the implementation of the Homeowner Mortgage Support Scheme; and if she will make a statement.

Margaret Beckett: We are making good progress on the implementation of the Homeowners Mortgage Support scheme and expect the scheme to be open for business with the first lenders in April now that the Banking Act, which is the legislative vehicle we have used to enable us to do this, has gained Royal Assent (12 February). We are now working with a wider group of lenders to finalise the scheme implementation plans and agree the draft Master Guarantee.

Non-Domestic Rates: Business

Stewart Jackson: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Bromley and Chislehurst of 20 January 2009,  Official Report, column 1277W, on non-domestic rates: business, whether the business rate multiplier will be reduced in April 2010 if retail price index inflation in September 2009 is negative.

John Healey: If the retail price index inflation in September 2009 is negative it will have a reducing impact on the multiplier for 2010-11.

Non-Domestic Rates: Empty Property

Stewart Jackson: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government with reference to the Answer to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar of 3 November 2008,  Official Report, column 132W, on small business: tax allowances, whether empty property below the appropriate rateable value threshold is automatically billed at the small business rate multiplier rate.

John Healey: No, small business rate relief applies to occupied properties only.

Non-Domestic Rates: Greater London

Stewart Jackson: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Bromley and Chislehurst of 14 January 2009,  Official Report, column 1278W, on non-domestic rates: Greater London, when such sub-location codes were first used in a rates revaluation.

John Healey: 1995.

Non-Domestic Rates: Valuation

Stewart Jackson: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what each of the classifications is of the codes used by the Valuation Office Agency to group properties for sub-locations.

John Healey: There is no classification of the codes used by the VOA to group properties for sub-locations. The sub location codes are simply unique labels for a particular category of property having similar characteristics.

Recycling

Stewart Jackson: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether recyclable materials collected from street recycling bins are counted towards local authorities' national indicator set recycling figures and targets.

Sadiq Khan: Yes. National Indicator 192Percentage of household waste sent for reuse, recycling and compostingdoes include materials collected from street recycling bins. Full definitions for the National Indicator set are set out in the National Indicators for Local Authorities and Local Authority Partnerships: Handbook of Definitions, available on the CLG website at:
	http://www.communities.gov.uk/publications/localgovernment/finalnationalindicators

Social Rented Housing

Karen Buck: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what proportion of all social home lettings were made to people other than homeless applicants in  (a) each region and  (b) each London local authority area were in each year since 2000-01.

Iain Wright: Information about lettings to local authority landlords is collected via the Housing Strategy Statistical Appendix (HSSA). Estimates of lettings made to people 'other than homeless applicants' have been calculated using the total number of all local authority lettings made to both new and existing social housing tenants (but excluding mutual exchanges) less the number of lettings made to households owed the main homelessness duty (section 193(2) of the Housing Act 1996).
	Table 1 shows the percentage of all local authority lettings made to households who were not owed the main homelessness duty, for each region from 2000-01 to 2007-08.
	
		
			  Table 1: Percentage of all lettings by LA landlords made to applicants other than those owed the main homelessness duty (by region) 
			   2000-01  2001-02  2002-03  2003-04  2004-05  2005-06  2006-07  2007-08 
			 North East 90.7 88.8 87.1 80.6 79.7 83.1 83.9 85.7 
			 North West 89.7 88.3 85.4 84.7 78.3 76.9 78.7 82.5 
			 Yorkshire and the Humber 87.0 86.1 80.5 75.0 74.8 77.7 79.9 71.8 
			 East Midlands 85.2 82.3 81.3 81.2 78.7 82.5 83.1 83.7 
			 West Midlands 81.1 76.5 73.5 68.5 70.1 74.3 74.7 74.6 
			 East of England 74.6 69.5 65.1 76.9 77.0 80.1 80.7 82.2 
			 London 53.4 50.2 51.1 60.6 61.7 64.8 68.3 67.7 
			 South East 67.3 62.6 62.9 79.0 77.6 80.1 81.5 79.9 
			 South West 71.0 67.4 63.4 69.3 73.7 71.5 77.8 84.0 
			 England 79.9 77.1 74.3 75.2 74.1 76.4 78.2 78.2 
			  Notes: 1. The denominator 'all lettings' includes lets made to both new and existing social housing tenants, but excludes mutual exchanges. 2. The figures include general needs and supported housing lets.  Source: Housing Strategy Statistical Appendix, derived from reported data from local authorities. 
		
	
	Table 2 shows the percentage of all local authority lettings made to households who were not owed the main homelessness duty, for each local authority in London from 2000-01 to 2007-08.
	
		
			  Table 2: Percentage of all lettings by LA landlords made to applicants other than those owed the main homelessness duty (by London local authority) 
			   2000-01  2001-02  2002-03  2003-04  2004-05  2005-06  2006-07  2007-08 
			 Barking and Dagenham 86.7 76.8 69.3 76.6 65.1 95.4 91.3 84.3 
			 Barnet 36.7 34.2 27.3 62.8 70.7 76.8 78.9 65.8 
			 Bexley 
			 Brent 46.7 34.2 46.0 51.0 58.2 44.1 54.4 53.9 
			 Bromley 
			 Camden 62.0 64.0 49.8 63.0 61.6 62.5 79.6 85.9 
			 City of London 91.1 93.6 87.4 94.4 90.9 93.1 92.2 95.3 
			 Croydon 18.5 26.2 60.0 83.6 82.5 86.3 83.7 75.6 
			 Ealing 48.2 47.5 43.8 43.4 63.0 55.5 55.4 56.2 
			 Enfield 61.4 50.8 48.4 51.5 53.7 54.8 51.6 57.7 
			 Greenwich 55.3 62.8 63.2 59.7 64.3 67.4 70.6 74.1 
			 Hackney 67.7 39.2 38.2 52.3 54.2 57.7 58.2 41.2 
			 Hammersmith and Fulham 63.0 48.4 44.0 62.6 65.9 75.1 60.0 57.5 
			 Haringey 30.3 75.8 66.2 60.6 57.1 52.7 70.6 54.9 
			 Harrow 45.9 61.6 61.9 63.8 67.1 69.0 63.9 59.8 
			 Havering 100.0 77.1 78.3 99.5 72.0 91.1 50.4 99.3 
			 Hillingdon 42.1 68.2 45.7 53.2 65.2 73.9 64.5 74.8 
			 Hounslow 50.8 42.7 54.0 47.4 37.3 52.4 56.3 57.7 
			 Islington 44.8 43.9 43.6 40.9 51.9 61.4 61.8 64.1 
			 Kensington and Chelsea 62.4 73.1 62.5 66.5 60.9 54.6 80.5 57.9 
			 Kingston upon Thames 53.4 43.3 42.0 48.0 49.0 56.3 59.9 57.9 
			 Lambeth 52.6 34.7 34.6 42.1 40.3 32.8 45.2 58.5 
			 Lewisham 70.1 65.2 58.1 58.9 53.7 77.1 84.2 58.2 
			 Merton 85.3 78.3 77.3 73.1 66.6 70.0 85.4 94.9 
			 Newham 38.4 33.9 61.8 85.6 87.3 82.2 79.6 77.1 
			 Redbridge 58.7 66.6 63.2 71.5 81.2 80.3 68.5 73.7 
			 Richmond upon Thames 45.3
			 Southwark 53.6 37.4 41.3 47.0 51.5 61.4 76.6 80.6 
			 Sutton 35.9 39.0 43.2 91.0 83.0 77.4 81.7 80.0 
			 Tower Hamlets 39.3 34.8 39.1 67.5 73.6 41.7 66.0 67.0 
			 Waltham Forest 34.8 33.7 32.6 52.0 62.9 54.8 46.1 50.9 
			 Wandsworth 56.7 50.3 59.3 63.2 63.5 60.4 40.8 44.3 
			 Westminster 45.1 43.2 51.6 43.3 51.3 50.2 63.5 56.2 
			 London 53.4 50.2 51.1 60.6 61.7 64.8 68.3 67.7 
			 '' Indicates no local authority lettings were made due to local authority having undergone a large scale voluntary transfer (LSVT).  Notes: 1. The denominator 'all lettings' includes lets made to both new and existing social housing tenants, but excludes mutual exchanges. 2. The figures include general needs and supported housing lets.  Source: Housing Strategy Statistical Appendix, derived from reported data from local authorities. 
		
	
	Information about lettings to registered social landlords (RSLs) is collected through the Continuous Recordings of Lettings (CORE) system. Estimates of lettings to people 'other than homeless applicants' have been calculated using the total number of all registered social landlord lettings made to both new and existing social housing tenants less the number of lettings recorded as being made to households owed the main homelessness duty (section 193(2) of the Housing Act 1996) and who were recorded as having been referred or nominated by a local authority.
	Table 3 shows the percentage of all registered social landlord lettings made to households who were not owed the main homelessness duty, for each region from 2000-01 to 2007-08.
	
		
			  Table 3: Percentage of all lettings by RSLs made to applicants other than those owed the main homelessness duty (by region) 
			   2000-01  2001-02  2002-03  2003-04  2004-05  2005-06  2006-07  2007-08 
			 North East 96.6 96.8 94.5 92.5 92.1 91.1 91.1 88.8 
			 North West 95.3 94.6 95.2 93.9 93.3 91.9 91.4 91.5 
			 Yorkshire and the Humber 95.1 95.3 94.7 95.1 94.3 93.0 92.5 90.9 
			 East Midlands 93.8 93.3 92.2 90.1 91.6 89.6 88.7 88.6 
			 West Midlands 93.8 92.5 91.6 89.8 88.0 89.0 89.6 89.3 
			 East of England 90.6 88.9 86.1 84.1 85.5 84.1 83.1 84.8 
			 London 85.5 85.5 84.9 84.5 84.9 84.6 82.1 81.8 
			 South East 86.6 85.8 85.0 83.7 85.9 85.7 85.4 85.4 
			 South West 85.1 84.4 84.0 82.0 83.2 83.3 83.9 82.5 
			 England 91.1 90.6 89.9 88.6 88.6 88.1 87.6 87.3 
			  Notes: 1. The denominator 'all lettings' includes lets made to both new and existing social housing tenants. 2. RSLs with less than 250 units are not required to complete CORE returns. 3. The figures include general needs and supported housing lets.  Source: CORE 
		
	
	Table 4 shows the percentage of all registered social landlord lettings made to households who were not owed the main homelessness duty, for each local authority in London from 2000-01 to 2007-08.
	
		
			  Table 4: Percentage of all lettings by RSLs made to applicants other than those owed the main homelessness duty (by London local authority) 
			   2000-01  2001-02  2002-03  2003-04  2004-05  2005-06  2006-07  2007-08 
			 Barking and Dagenham 95.0 97.1 96.5 96.1 94.2 75.5 89.0 85.1 
			 Barnet 85.7 83.0 80.5 83.2 88.3 91.1 85.4 78.9 
			 Bexley 77.7 74.8 76.9 80.0 80.9 87.5 82.7 87.3 
			 Brent 83.2 82.6 72.5 78.6 84.8 83.9 81.9 76.8 
			 Bromley 54.1 62.9 58.0 61.2 55.6 62.4 71.3 61.7 
			 Camden 95.6 96.1 97.0 93.4 94.3 92.6 94.6 92.4 
			 City of London 100.0 100.0 97.3 94.7 100.0 100.0 97.5 98.1 
			 Croydon 85.0 84.8 79.0 81.6 86.3 84.1 83.2 83.8 
			 Ealing 83.9 82.9 79.5 71.7 79.3 65.8 62.3 67.9 
			 Enfield 76.0 82.5 75.3 86.1 87.1 85.6 71.6 63.4 
			 Greenwich 94.5 93.0 93.8 93.8 93.4 93.7 88.4 92.6 
			 Hackney 86.4 89.2 87.9 89.3 86.7 88.5 84.0 87.5 
			 Hammersmith and Fulham 90.9 90.3 88.2 84.3 83.6 88.3 76.2 77.4 
			 Haringey 79.6 74.0 76.9 76.9 86.2 84.4 72.3 73.7 
			 Harrow 73.3 65.5 78.5 58.4 69.8 63.5 76.1 77.3 
			 Havering 94.9 93.5 95.8 95.1 84.5 98.3 94.4 91.0 
			 Hillingdon 69.9 70.5 77.4 81.8 76.6 73.5 76.6 74.1 
			 Hounslow 68.0 80.0 77.3 76.4 74.6 80.1 74.3 71.0 
			 Islington 91.3 89.7 87.5 86.0 90.5 92.4 85.1 85.8 
			 Kensington and Chelsea 89.7 89.0 88.3 80.5 82.3 86.4 75.2 81.0 
			 Kingston upon Thames 63.8 78.2 71.3 83.8 71.0 76.0 72.3 66.0 
			 Lambeth 92.5 84.6 86.3 84.0 87.4 87.1 86.7 84.3 
			 Lewisham 89.0 92.1 91.0 90.8 90.9 81.7 88.5 85.1 
			 Merton 88.6 90.8 89.6 89.2 79.2 83.1 87.4 90.2 
			 Newham 89.6 89.7 88.3 92.1 92.9 92.8 90.2 86.4 
			 Redbridge 80.1 86.9 89.4 85.1 94.3 96.1 87.7 89.9 
			 Richmond upon Thames 70.5 70.5 72.4 71.5 65.9 65.3 66.0 64.0 
			 Southwark 90.3 84.1 90.5 85.7 85.1 84.1 80.8 84.8 
			 Sutton 83.1 81.8 79.9 88.4 85.7 83.0 80.5 80.2 
			 Tower Hamlets 91.8 90.1 90.9 91.6 87.4 85.6 80.8 82.5 
			 Waltham Forest 89.1 78.5 82.9 84.6 90.5 90.8 73.4 78.0 
			 Wandsworth 91.7 91.0 86.1 86.6 85.6 87.8 81.1 81.8 
			 Westminster 89.7 92.5 94.3 92.5 93.7 91.2 94.2 91.1 
			 London 85.5 85.5 84.9 84.5 84.9 84.6 82.1 81.8 
			  Notes: 1. The denominator 'all lettings' includes lets made to both new and existing social housing tenants. 2. RSLs with less than 250 units are not required to complete CORE returns. 3. The figures include general needs and supported housing lets.  Source: CORE

Sustainable Development

Stewart Jackson: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government with reference to her Department's consultation paper on the Sustainable Communities Act 2007, whether she plans to extend local spending reports to include information on relevant executive agencies and non-departmental public bodies.

John Healey: On 20 February 2009, the Government launched a consultation on the Sustainable Communities Act 2007: Local spending reports. In this consultation, the Department is seeking views on proposals for putting in place the first arrangements for local spending reports including which bodies, expenditure, spatial level and period should be covered by the reports, and also how the reports might develop over time. The consultation on the first arrangements closes on Friday 3 April, and on Friday 15 May for how the reports should be developed over time.
	Copies of the consultation document have been placed in the Library of the House.

Valuation Office: Rightmove

Stewart Jackson: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar of 2 February 2009,  Official Report, column 974W, on the Valuation Office: Rightmove, which estate agent industry sources other than Rightmove are routinely used by the Valuation Office Agency.

John Healey: The Valuation Office Agency makes use of a range of freely available sources of information from the estate agent industry across England (and Wales). A full list could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

Broomfield Hospital: Manpower

Simon Burns: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what resources will be allocated to Broomfield Hospital, Chelmsford following the Government's recent announcement of extra staff to tackle hospital infections.

Ann Keen: The information requested is not held centrally. The comprehensive spending review (CSR) funding settlement includes 270 million per year by 2010-11 to tackle healthcare associated infections (HCAIs). In 2008-09, the additional funding is reflected in the 5.5 per cent., increase in primary care trust (PCT) allocations and the 2.3 per cent., uplift to the national tariff (the latter specifically recognising the importance of tackling HCAIs and improving cleanliness).
	The additional funding is not ring fenced, but rather is reflected in the 5.5 per cent., increase to PCT revenue allocations in 2008-09. In addition, the national tariff uplift for 2008-09 has an element that specifically recognises the importance of tackling infections and improving cleanliness. This means that all national health service organisations can afford to make significant investment and continue to make progress.
	Some of the funding will be spent on implementing national policysuch as the requirement for all relevant elective patients to be screened for methicillin-resistant  Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) from April 2009 and for emergency admissions as soon as possible within the next three years.
	Other areas where additional funding can be invested will be left to local discretion, but clean, safe care guides the local NHS as to areas where this will have the most impactsuch as investing in specialist staff. The Government's CSR settlement allows for up to 45 million for this purpose, which could for example deliver two infection control nurses, one pharmacist and two nurses to care for patients in isolation, alongside additional infection control nurses in every community. As there is a shortage of trained staff in some areas, trusts may want to recruit to posts in infection control teams and train up additional infection control nurses.

Dental Services

Norman Lamb: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many  (a) children aged five and under,  (b) children aged 18 and under and  (c) persons aged 18 years and over, in each primary care trust area, had one or more teeth removed under general anaesthetic in each of the last five years.

Ann Keen: The exact information is not held centrally. Hospital Episode Statistics show the dental procedure carried out, but not whether a general anaesthetic was administered. However, dental treatment under general anaesthesia may only take place in a hospital setting that has a critical-care facility. It is therefore very likely, though not absolutely, certain that a child admitted to hospital for extraction of teeth will have had general anaesthetic, and that was the reason for their admission to hospital. A table which contains the number of hospital episodes involving the extraction of teeth by age group and primary care trust has been placed in the Library.

Dental Services: Peterborough

Stewart Jackson: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the net funding allocation to the Peterborough Primary Care Trust for primary dental services was in each year since 1 April 2006; and if he will make a statement.

Ann Keen: The primary dental service funding allocations made to Peterborough Primary Care Trust (PCT) for the three years 2006-07 to 2008-09 are in the following table. These are net of income from dental charges paid by patients, which are retained locally to supplement the resources available for dentistry. Actual expenditure levels are determined by the pattern and type of services commissioned by each PCT. PCTs may also dedicate some of their other national health service resources to dentistry if they consider this an appropriate local priority.
	
		
			  Primary dental service net funding allocations for Peterborough PCT 
			   Allocation (000) 
			 2006-07 7,967 
			 2007-08 8,324 
			 2008-09 9,158 
			  Notes: 1. The allocation figure for 2006-07 is the aggregate of the allocations made initially to the North and South Peterborough PCTs before they merged to form the Peterborough PCT with effect from 1 October 2006. 2. PCTs are awarded separate funding allocations to meet the cost of any dental vocational trainees who may be placed with dental practices in their area. 3. Full allocation details for all PCTs for 2009-10 will be confirmed shortly, but the allocation for Peterborough PCT will be reduced by a transfer of 467,000 to Cambridgeshire PCT in line with an agreement between the two PCTs on a more appropriate distribution of resources to reflect their respective cross border service responsibilities.

Drugs: Rehabilitation

Mike Wood: To ask the Secretary of State for Health 
	(1)  how many residential drug treatment places his Department funds; and what the average waiting time for a place in such a setting is;
	(2)  how many residential drug treatment places his Department plans to fund in  (a) 2010 and  (b) 2011.

Dawn Primarolo: The Department does not directly fund any residential rehabilitation. Decisions on how many residential drug treatment places to fund are made by local commissioning partnerships based on assessed local need and individually assessed client need. This information is not available centrally.
	However, the national drug treatment monitoring system (NDTMS), managed by the National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse (NTA), does collect data on the number of individuals receiving residential treatment. Latest figures show that in 2007-08, 4,306 adults were recorded in residential rehabilitation and 6,742 adults received in-patient services in hospital.
	It is important to note that there is known under-reporting of referral data to the NDTMS, and so any figures regarding this sector are likely to be an under estimate of activity. As such, the data the NTA collects through the NDTMS is not a complete or accurate picture.
	Waiting times data for residential drug treatment places has been supplied previously and I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave him on 5 March 2009,  Official Report, column 1765W.

Hospital Wards

Andrew Lansley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 25 February 2009,  Official Report, columns 874-5W, on hospital wards: gender, what milestones he has set between now and June for the project; and how he will assess the effects of the changes following their implementation.

Ann Keen: A number of milestones have been agreed that relate both to the Department's programme plan for eliminating mixed sex accommodation and to the use of the associated 'Privacy and Dignity' fund.
	The milestones for the Privacy and Dignity fund are:
	strategic health authority (SHA) plans will be submitted to the Department by 9 March 2009;
	departmental ratification of the plans (which are to set out specific projects and timelines for improvements in the SHA regions) will take place in order to release the funds from 1 April 2009; and
	local improvements and changes must be implemented by the end of June 2009.
	SHAs will report to the Department every two weeks following the submission, and approval, of their local plans, confirming actions taken and variance from the planned milestones. The Department will also require a report from each SHA confirming the delivery of the plan by the beginning of July 2009.
	Use of the privacy and dignity fund is likely to be informed by the requirement set out in the Operating Framework for the NHS 2009-10, that
	PCTs are expected to work with their local providers to deliver substantial and meaningful reductions in the number of patients who report that they share sleeping or sanitary accommodation with members of the opposite sex.
	PCTs are asked to ensure plans will be published by the end of March 2009.
	The programme for eliminating mixed sex accommodation comprises four workstreams; to raise the focus, develop metrics assurance, facilitate spread of good practice and deliver targeted support. The key milestones themselves include:
	establishment of an operations team and a broader programme governance infrastructure (February 2009);
	compilation of a communications strategy (March 2009);
	begin improvement team's engagement with trusts requiring support (March 2009)
	publishing a root cause analysis toolkit for local use by the NHS (April 2009);
	'sharing good practice' event, (by end June 2009); and
	phased handover of improvement activity to local health community arrangements (from June 2009 onwards).
	The Department: will consider the outcome of inpatient surveys in assessing the success of these changes.

Malnutrition

Paul Burstow: To ask the Secretary of State for Health 
	(1)  pursuant to the answer of 26 February 2009,  Official Report, column 1028W, on malnutrition, what the statistical margin of error would be if the General Practice Research Database sample were used to project a population-wide figure;
	(2)  how frequently the analysis referred to is undertaken; and if he will make a statement.

Dawn Primarolo: The General Practice Research Database (GPRD) is a collection of data from general practices selected to be as geographically demographically representative as possible of the UK. The age and gender distribution is similar to that as detailed by the Office for National Statistics on the basis of census data. GPRD practices are provided with recording guidelines against which data quality is monitored.
	The GPRD contains records of patients recorded as suffering from malnutrition under a range of different terms, known as 'Read Terms'. There are many thousands of Read codes in total, and 24 separate codes relating to malnutrition. This range of different codes is designed to allow the general practitioner (GP) to record the condition at different levels of specificity of disease. The Read code used is at the discretion of the GP and is based on their diagnosis of the patient's condition
	The data as previously given are a reasonable population based estimate of the level of malnutrition, as recorded within primary care data, based upon the GPRD sample size.
	The analysis undertaken to count the number of such cases, in the GPRD, is not done routinely. It was done in response to a specific request. The analysis could be repeated at any time in the future.

Maternity Services: Finance

Andrew Lansley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the tariff uplift breakdown for 2009-10, published by his Department on 5 February 2009, under which headings the additional funding his Department has provided for maternity services is included.

Ann Keen: I refer the hon. Member to the written answer I gave him on 3 March 2009,  Official Report, column 1478W.

NHS: Negligence

Michael Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much was paid by the NHS Litigation Authority (NHSLA) to the 11 firms on the NHSLA panel for clinical cases for their services  (a) on behalf of the NHSLA and  (b) provided to claimants in each year since 1996-97.

Ann Keen: The NHS Litigation Authority (NHSLA) panel solicitors do not provide services to claimants therefore the amount paid by the NHSLA for clinical cases for their services provided to claimants is zero.
	Providing data specifically for panel solicitors or for years prior to 1999 would be at disproportionate cost because the information is not readily accessible. Additionally, it is difficult to compare using information prior to 2002-03 because excess levels were operated on schemes, which means the data held does not cover all claims.
	However, the NHSLA has provided the following table. The NHSLA does not have defence costs recorded prior to 1999 due to a change in accounting systems. Additionally, the NHSLA only records data by year for overall defence costs, which includes barristers and medical expert fees alongside panel solicitors' fees.
	
		
			  NHSLA defence legal costs paid per year by scheme 
			  000 
			   Clinical negligence scheme for trusts  Existing liabilities scheme  Ex-regional health authorities  Total clinical 
			 1999-2000 2,166 22,435 691 25,292 
			 2000-01 7,223 (1)185,651 765 193,639 
			 2001-02 (1)11,954 27,358 492 39,804 
			 2002-03 35,919 21,905 398 58,222 
			 2003-04 39,829 10,705 276 50,810 
			 2004-05 40,016 12,206 206 52,428 
			 2005-06 44,146 12,355 286 56,787 
			 2006-07 43,334 10,162 244 53,740 
			 2007-08 43,778 9,123 194 53,095 
			 (1) The NHSLA operated excess levels on two clinical schemes whereby trusts themselves handled and funded claims below the excess levels. The NHSLA does not hold data related to these claims. Excess levels for each of the two schemes were removed in the marked years and outstanding claims below excess were then fully funded by the schemes. These years therefore include reimbursement by the NHSLA of legal costs already paid by trusts against those claims. It will also include legal costs associated with solicitors not on the NHSLA's panel because trusts were originally handling some of those claims themselves and will have appointed their own solicitors.

NHS: Redundancy Pay

Sandra Gidley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the likely redundancy costs for each primary care trust (PCT) arising from the latest reorganisation of PCTs; and if he will make a statement.

Ann Keen: Unfortunately the information does not exist in the format requested.
	The Department collected data on the value of redundancies and early retirements due to primary care trust (PCT) reorganisation in 2006-07, but we cannot separate the redundancy element from these figures. However, the Department did collect these costs separately in 2007-08.
	The information that the Department has collected is shown in the following table. Other restructuring costs includes early retirement costs as well as other costs arising from the restructuring process.
	The PCT reconfiguration programme was undertaken to help to improve relationships between health care and local authorities by bringing their boundaries closer together and to make savings to the local national health service by reducing management costs. These savings will be reinvested in front line services.
	
		
			  000 
			  Name  2006-07 Redundancies and early retirements due to PCT reorganisation  2007-08 Redundancies due to PCT reorganisation  2007-08 Other restructuring costs due to PCT reorganisation 
			 Ashton, Leigh and Wigan PCT 0 0 0 
			 Barking and Dagenham PCT 0 184 0 
			 Barnet PCT 0 0 187 
			 Barnsley PCT 0 6 0 
			 Bassetlaw PCT 0 0 0 
			 Bath and North East Somerset PCT 0 0 0 
			 Bedfordshire PCT 701 203 0 
			 Berkshire East PCT 17 500 0 
			 Berkshire West PCT 523 116 1,415 
			 Bexley NHS Care Trust PCT 39 0 0 
			 Birmingham East and North PCT 0 0 0 
			 Blackburn with Darwen PCT 0 0 0 
			 Blackpool PCT 0 0 0 
			 Bolton PCT 0 0 0 
			 Bournemouth and Poole PCT 0 0 0 
			 Bradford and Airedale PCT 2,142 900 0 
			 Brent Teaching PCT 0 0 0 
			 Brighton and Hove City PCT 0 0 0 
			 Bristol PCT 0 0 0 
			 Bromley PCT 0 0 0 
			 Buckinghamshire PCT 0 100 0 
			 Bury PCT 0 0 0 
			 Calderdale PCT 0 0 0 
			 Cambridgeshire PCT 1,023 0 0 
			 Camden PCT 0 0 0 
			 Central and Eastern Cheshire PCT 0 0 0 
			 Central Lancashire PCT 2,675 0 0 
			 City and Hackney Teaching PCT 0 0 0 
			 Cornwall and Isles of Scilly PCT 0 0 0 
			 County Durham PCT 4,118 1,803 0 
			 Coventry Teaching PCT 0 1,000 0 
			 Croydon PCT 0 0 0 
			 Cumbria PCT 0 0 0 
			 Darlington PCT 0 593 0 
			 Derby City PCT 0 0 0 
			 Derbyshire County PCT 405 0 0 
			 Devon PCT 1,358 1,050 170 
			 Doncaster PCT 0 0 0 
			 Dorset PCT 506 1,356 0 
			 Dudley PCT 110 0 0 
			 Ealing PCT 0 0 0 
			 East and North Hertfordshire PCT 334 0 0 
			 East Lancashire PCT 162 0 0 
			 East Riding of Yorkshire PCT 65 0 0 
			 East Sussex Downs and Weald PCT 3,101 0 0 
			 Eastern and Coastal Kent PCT 998 0 0 
			 Enfield PCT 0 0 0 
			 Gateshead PCT 0 1,621 0 
			 Gloucestershire PCT 908 0 0 
			 Great Yarmouth and Waveney PCT 2,527 0 0 
			 Greenwich Teaching PCT 0 0 0 
			 Halton and St. Helens PCT 476 0 0 
			 Hammersmith and Fulham PCT 0 0 0 
			 Hampshire PCT 227 2,493 4,069 
			 Haringey Teaching PCT 0 150 20 
			 Harrow PCT 0 0 0 
			 Hartlepool PCT 0 150 0 
			 Hastings and Rother PCT 2,259 0 0 
			 Havering PCT 0 0 500 
			 Heart of Birmingham Teaching PCT 0 197 0 
			 Herefordshire PCT 0 348 0 
			 Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale PCT 1,933 91 0 
			 Hillingdon PCT 0 0 0 
			 Hounslow PCT 0 0 0 
			 Hull PCT 294 0 60 
			 Isle of Wight NHS PCT 631 0 0 
			 Islington PCT 0 0 0 
			 Kensington and Chelsea PCT 0 20 0 
			 Kingston PCT 0 0 0 
			 Kirklees PCT 121 0 0 
			 Knowsley PCT' 0 0 0 
			 Lambeth PCT 0 0 0 
			 Leeds PCT 1,328 2,561 0 
			 Leicester City PCT 1,272 1,100 0 
			 Leicestershire County and Rutland PCT 2,534 386 0 
			 Lewisham PCT 0 130 0 
			 Lincolnshire PCT 600 0 0 
			 Liverpool PCT 431 0 0 
			 Luton PCT 0 0 0 
			 Manchester PCT 929 0 0 
			 Medway PCT 0 188 0 
			 Mid Essex PCT 3,264 1,077 90 
			 Middlesbrough PCT 0 1,172 495 
			 Milton Keynes PCT 0 0 279 
			 Newcastle PCT 0 2,059 0 
			 Newham PCT 0 0 0 
			 Norfolk PCT 3,549 0 0 
			 North East Essex PCT 935 0 0 
			 North East Lincolnshire PCT 0 106 179 
			 North Lancashire PCT 1,708 1,000 0 
			 North Lincolnshire PCT 0 0 0 
			 North Somerset PCT 0 0 0 
			 North Staffordshire PCT 0 487 0 
			 North Tees PCT 0 688 0 
			 North Tyneside PCT 0 670 50 
			 North Yorkshire and York PCT 2,300 3,916 0 
			 Northamptonshire PCT 1,394 300 150 
			 Northumberland Care PCT 0 2,202 0 
			 Nottingham City PCT 0 0 0 
			 Nottinghamshire County PCT 554 115 826 
			 Oldham PCT 0 0 0 
			 Oxfordshire PCT 494 620 1,519 
			 Peterborough PCT 503 42 0 
			 Plymouth Teaching PCT 0 0 0 
			 Portsmouth City Teaching PCT 0 0 0 
			 Redbridge PCT 0 0 0 
			 Redcar and Cleveland PCT 766 986 0 
			 Richmond and Twickenham PCT 0 0 0 
			 Rotherham PCT 0 0 0 
			 Salford PCT 0 0 0 
			 Sandwell PCT 685 0 0 
			 Sefton PCT 1,101 0 0 
			 Sheffield PCT 891 2,476 0 
			 Shropshire County PCT 0 0 0 
			 Solihull NHS Care Trust PCT 172 720 0 
			 Somerset PCT 1,085 0 0 
			 South Birmingham PCT 0 0 0 
			 South East Essex PCT 66 0 389 
			 South Gloucestershire PCT 0 0 0 
			 South Staffordshire PCT 61 500 0 
			 South Tyneside PCT 0 2,296 0 
			 South West Essex PCT 1,412 0 0 
			 Southampton City PCT 0 0 0 
			 Southwark PCT 0 0 0 
			 Stockport PCT 0 0 0 
			 Stoke on Trent PCT 222 703 0 
			 Suffolk PCT 2,556 422 0 
			 Sunderland Teaching PCT 0 2,020 0 
			 Surrey PCT 4,592 1,390 0 
			 Sutton And Merton PCT 0 0 0 
			 Swindon PCT 0 0 0 
			 Tameside and Glossop PCT 0 0 749 
			 Telford and Wrekin PCT 0 0 0 
			 Torbay Care PCT 0 0 0 
			 Tower Hamlets PCT 0 155 0 
			 Trafford PCT 0 0 0 
			 Wakefield District PCT 694 238 0 
			 Walsall Teaching PCT 0 0 0 
			 Waltham Forest PCT 0 268 0 
			 Wandsworth PCT 0 0 0 
			 Warrington PCT 0 0 0 
			 Warwickshire PCT 967 204 1,210 
			 West Essex PCT 575 318 0 
			 West Hertfordshire PCT 398 0 0 
			 West Kent PCT 2,304 0 0 
			 West Sussex PCT 4,633 308 0 
			 Western Cheshire PCT 1,241 0 0 
			 Westminster PCT 0 0 0 
			 Wiltshire PCT 0 329 60 
			 Wirral PCT 455 0 0 
			 Wolverhampton City PCT 0 0 0 
			 Worcestershire PCT 197 360 111 
			 Total 74,521 45,393 12,528 
			  Source:  Primary care trust audited summarisation schedules for 2007-08.

Social Services

Adrian Sanders: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people of working age in each local authority who were assessed as having a level of social care need  (a) received and  (b) did not receive state-funded social care support in each of the last five years.

Phil Hope: Data on the outcome of social care assessments for people of working age (aged 18-64) is collected and published by the NHS Information Centre for health and social care. The table giving this information has been placed in the Library. Data on the level of social care need is not held centrally. It is for individual local authorities to decide on the eligibility criteria for receiving state funded social care services.

Social Services: Finance

Roger Berry: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how he plans to monitor consistency in the allocation of individual budgets among local authorities.

Phil Hope: The Government are committed to driving forward increased personalisation of public services, including ensuring that people using social care services should have access to maximum independence, choice and control. Personal budgets, building on the success of direct payments and the experiences of the thirteen individual budget pilot sites, are central to this aim.
	Councils will be supported to make substantial progress on transforming their systems to deliver personalised services over the next two years. The ring-fenced social care reform grant provides 520 million to help councils redesign and reshape their systems over the next three years in order to deliver this transformation. Performance across health and social care will be measured against relevant indicators in the national indicator set and any relevant local area agreement (LAA) improvement targets. This information will inform the Care Quality Commission's assessments of primary care trusts and councils across health and adult social care which, in turn, contribute to the comprehensive area assessment.
	In addition to the existing performance mechanisms, the Department and its partners are working to improve the adult social care indicators for future spending cycles. This work builds on the lessons learnt from the current national indicator set and the first round of the LAAs. The revised indicators are likely to form part of the evidence base for both future assessments by the inspectorates and the foundation for the next round of LAAs. The Department: is now taking initial development work forward in partnership with Association of Directors of Adult Social Services regional networks, joint investment plans and other local sector stakeholders and as part of a wider government review of the indicator set for the next comprehensive spending review period.

Strokes

Norman Lamb: To ask the Secretary of State for Health which acute hospitals are equipped to provide  (a) thrombolysis and  (b) CT scanning for patients who have undergone suspected strokes; and which of those are able to provide each service at all times.

Ann Keen: This information is not collected centrally. However, the National Sentinel Stroke Audit, prepared by the Royal College of Physicians and which is based on clinical data collected directly from national health service trusts, details the latest evidence on the provision of stroke services including thrombolysis and CT scanning. The most recent audit is available at the college's internet website at:
	www.rcplondon.ac.uk/clinicalstandards/ceeu/Currentwork/Documents/Public%20organisational%20report2008.pdf

British Plastics Federation

Eric Illsley: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change when he plans to reply to the letter sent to him by the British Plastics Federation on 4 November 2008 on the climate change levy.

Joan Ruddock: My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State replied to the letter from the British Plastics Federation on 27 February 2009.

Energy Saving Trust

David Drew: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what the cost to his Department and its predecessor of  (a) the Energy Saving Trust and  (b) its contractors has been since the Trust's inception; to which (i) regional and (ii) local organisations the Energy Saving Trust contracts domestic and business consumer enquiries; how many complaints about its service the Energy Saving Trust and its contractors received in each of the last two years; what assessment his Department makes of the cost-effectiveness of the Energy Saving Trust; and what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Energy Saving Trust in reducing domestic and business greenhouse gas emissions.

Joan Ruddock: The Energy Saving Trust is a private company limited by guarantee, and details of their contractors and complaints procedures are therefore a matter for the trust's board.
	The Department grant funds the Energy Saving Trust year-on-year, supporting the valuable work in the domestic carbon abatement field. We do not fund the Energy Saving Trust for business consumer inquiries. The Department and its predecessors grant funded the trust annually as follows(1):
	
		
			   Funding ( million) 
			 1996-97 25 
			 1997-98 19 
			 1998-99 19 
			 1999-2000 23 
			 2000-01 22 
			 2001-02 22 
			 2002-03 24 
			 2003-04 25 
			 2004-05 28 
			 2005-06 27 
			 2006-07 27 
			 2007-08 29 
			 2008-09 35 
		
	
	Analysis in the Climate Change Programme (March 2006) showed that the trust's activity is very cost-effective in terms of /tCO2. In 2007-08 the overall cost-effectiveness of the trust's work improved to 1.20 per tonne of lifetime carbon dioxide saved. The trust's influenced lifetime CO2 savings have improved in 2007-08 to 21.5mtCO2 compared to 16mt CO2 in 2006-07. The EST's activities make an effective and respected contribution to our climate change ambitions.
	(1) We do not have figures for Departmental funding from 1992-1996.

Fossil Fuels: North Sea

Robert Smith: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change pursuant to the oral answer of 5 March 2009,  Official Report, columns 980-81, what discussions he has had with industry representatives on the effect of phase 3 of the European Emission Trading Scheme on the attractiveness of the UK continental shelf to global oil and gas investors. [R]

Mike O'Brien: The impact of phase III of the EU emission trading system (EU ETS) on the UK upstream oil and gas industry was discussed at the PILOT meeting on 10 February 2009 which was chaired by the Secretary of State of Energy and Climate Change. The meeting was attended by representatives of the oil and gas industry, including Oil and Gas UK. Officials from the Department of Energy and Climate Change are continuing to work with Oil and Gas UK and individual companies to analyse the impacts of phase III of the EU ETS on the sector.

Fuel Poverty

Rosie Cooper: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what steps his Department is taking together with local authorities and devolved administrations to reduce levels of fuel poverty.

Joan Ruddock: Since 2000 over 20 billion has been spent on fuel poverty benefits and programmes.
	This includes the Warm Front Scheme in England, carbon emissions reduction target and the Decent Homes Programme primarily addressing the energy efficiency of households, winter fuel and cold weather payments to increase household incomes.
	The combination of national and local programmes and delivery through local government, partnerships and area-based schemes can help target areas of particular need. We are currently consulting on the Community Energy Savings Programme (CESP), where we propose to support energy efficiency measures at a local, community level, by fostering new and existing partnerships between energy companies, local authorities, voluntary organisations and other such bodies, to offer support to poorer communities on a house-by-house, street-by-street basis.
	As part of the Local Government Framework, National Indicator 187 (Tackling Fuel Poverty) has been designed to measure the proportion of households on income-related benefits for whom an energy assessment of their housing has been carried out and have a SAP of below 35 or greater than 65. We are encouraged that 40 out of 150 local area agreements (LAAs) have included NI187 as one of their 35 local improvement targets and have set challenging but achievable targets. All local authorities will have to report on progress each year.
	Responsibility for fuel poverty policy is a devolved matter. Ministers across Government and the devolved nations discuss policy to tackle fuel poverty and we publish an annual report which includes information on progress in the devolved Administrations.

Carers' Benefits

Rosie Cooper: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what recent discussions he has had with representatives of carers' interest groups on proposals for payments of carers' allowance to people who have retired from work and continue to care for relatives.

Jonathan R Shaw: In our Carers Strategy, published in June 2008, we set out our vision of the support we aim to provide for carers over the next 10 years. In developing our Carers Strategy, we conducted one of the most in-depth and widespread consultations ever held on carers issues. This included discussions with carers' interest groups on a wide range of benefit issues.
	People who have retired from work but continue to care for relatives are not excluded from claiming carer's allowance. Although carer's allowance will not usually be payable where state pension is in payment, the person can still access the carer premium, currently 27.75 a week, in the income-related benefits such as housing benefit and council tax benefit, or the equivalent additional amount for carers in pension credit. In addition, where someone would receive less from state pension than from carer's allowance, an amount of carer's allowance can be paid to make up the difference.

Community Care Grants

David Davies: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 
	(1)  what budget his Department allocated for community care grants in 2007-08;
	(2)  what the maximum sum awarded to  (a) an individual and  (b) a family was under the community care grant in 2007-08;
	(3)  how many individuals received community care grants  (a) once and  (b) more than once in 2007-08;
	(4)  how many asylum seekers have received community care grants in each of the last five years.

Kitty Ussher: The Department allocated a budget of 141 million for Community Care Grants for Great Britain in 2007-08. There was also a contingency reserve of 1 million, which was available to cover unforeseen spending, for example, on flooding.
	The remaining information requested is not available.
	However, the maximum Community Care Grant awarded in 2007-08 for all successful applicants (as opposed to individuals and families separately) was 5,081.46. The number of successful applicants (as opposed to individuals) who received Community Care Grants in 2007-08  (a) once was 229,100 and  (b) more than once was 23,900 (both figures rounded to the nearest 100).
	 Source
	Analysis of a scan of Community Care Grant final decisions taken in 2007-08 and held on the Social Fund Computer System on 31 July 2008. A final decision is either an initial decision or a review decision. An application is successful if an award is made initially and/or on review. Successful applications on which initial decisions were made before 2007-08, but which were reviewed in 2007-08 are included. Successful applications on which initial decisions were made in 2007-08 but which were reviewed after the year ended are not included.

Council Tax Benefits

Julia Goldsworthy: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many  (a) pensioners and  (b) people of working age are (i) in receipt of council tax benefit and (ii) eligible for council tax benefit and live in households where no one is eligible to pay income tax.

Kitty Ussher: holding answer 6 March 2009
	The information requested is in the table.
	
		
			  Total number of recipients of council tax benefit in Great Britain aged under/over 60: August 2007 
			   Number 
			 Number of benefit units in receipt of council tax benefit 5,079,080 
			 Number of benefit units in receipt of council tax benefit where claimant aged 60 and over 2,528,950 
			 Number of benefit units in receipt of council tax benefit where claimant aged 59 and under 2,550,140 
			  Notes: 1. The data refers to benefit units, which may be a single person or a couple. 2. The figures have been rounded to the nearest ten. 3. Figures for any non-responding authorities have been estimated. 4. Council tax benefit totals exclude any second adult rebate cases. 5. Totals may not sum due to rounding. 6. From February 2007, DWP has been collecting more detailed HB/CTB data electronically from local authorities. Over time this will improve the accuracy, timeliness and level of detail available in the published statistics. However, until the new data has been fully quality assured to National Statistics standards, the most recent summary statistics available are for August 2007. 7. Administrative HB/CTB Information contains two age breakdowns on the basis of the age of individual who makes the claim (i) those under the age of 60 and (ii) those aged 60 and over. Therefore 'Pensioners' refers to recipients benefit units where the person who claimed is aged 60 or over: the partner may be under 60.  Source: Housing benefit and council tax benefit management information system quarterly 100 per cent. caseload stock-count taken in August 2007. 
		
	
	Analysis of the Family Resources survey for 2006-07 suggests that 61 per cent. of pensioners entitled to council tax benefit are not liable to pay income tax.
	For people of working age 81 per cent. of families entitled to council tax benefit are not liable to pay income tax.
	These estimates refer to Great Britain and are based on survey data and modelling so are subject to sample variation and to other forms of errors.

Council Tax Benefits

Julia Goldsworthy: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many  (a) pensioners and  (b) people of working age at each household income level are (i) in receipt of and (ii) eligible for council tax benefit.

Kitty Ussher: holding answer 6 March 2009
	 The table gives the available information on council tax benefit recipients and eligible population by household income bands, for 2006-07 in Great Britain.
	
		
			  Percentage 
			  Banded weekly household income  (i) Recipients of council tax benefit  (ii) Entitled population to council tax benefit 
			  (a) Pensioners   
			 Less than 100 a week 2 4 
			 100 but less than 200 36 38 
			 200 but less than 300 40 36 
			 300 but less than 400 16 15 
			 400 but less than 500 4 4 
			 More than 500 2 4 
			 Total 100 100 
			
			  (b) Non Pensioners   
			 Less than 100 a week 4 7 
			 100 but less than 200 33 26 
			 200 but less than 300 34 29 
			 300 but less than 400 16 17 
			 400 but less than 500 7 10 
			 More than 500 6 10 
			 Total 100 100 
			  Notes:  1. The data refers to household incomes. Note that a household income can be higher than the income of the family receiving council tax benefit, as a household can contain two or more families.  2. The figures are presented as proportions because point estimates of the entitled population are potentially misleading given the presence of sample bias.  3. Council tax benefit totals include second adult rebate cases.  4. Pensioner families are defined as where at least one person aged 60 or more.  Source:  Family Resources Survey Data 2006-07.

Council Tax Benefits

Julia Goldsworthy: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the minimum level of  (a) weekly and  (b) annual household income is at which a household is no longer eligible for (i) full and (ii) partial full council tax benefit for (A) a single pensioner, (B) a pensioner couple, (C) a working-age single person, (D) a working-age couple, (E) a lone parent with one child and (F) two parents with one child.

Kitty Ussher: holding answer 9 March 2009
	The level of income at which income extinguishes entitlement to council tax benefit (CTB) will depend upon the liability for council tax as well as the individuals' personal circumstances. For this reason, it is not possible to provide income figures in the way envisaged in the question.
	People receiving the guarantee credit element of pension credit, income support, income-based jobseeker's allowance or income-related employment support allowance are deemed to have no income or capital and they receive maximum CTB (subject to any standard deductions for any non-dependant household member).
	People not receiving the income-related benefits listed above will have their CTB assessed on the basis of an applicable amount. The amount is made up of personal allowances and premiums. The personal allowances vary according to age and whether a person is single or one of a married or unmarried couple. The premiums are awarded to those groups identified as having extra needs, for example, long term sick or disabled people and elderly people.
	If net income is equal to or is less than the applicable amount, the customer will receive an amount equal to 100 per cent. of their council tax liability less any non-dependant deductions. If net income is more than the applicable amount, the customer will get less CTB. For each pound of extra income over the applicable amount, an adjustment of 20 pence will be made (this is the CTB taper).
	In addition, anyone with savings, investments and other capital valued at more than 16,000 will not normally qualify for CTB. Capital of 6,000 or less is ignored. Capital of between 6,000 and 16,000 will be deemed to provide a weekly income of 1 for every 250 (or part thereof) if the person is aged less than 60, or 1 for every 500 (or part thereof) if they are 60 or over.
	The following tables set out the applicable amounts, and hence the level at which customers begin to start paying some council tax for the client groups listed in the question.
	
		
			  Pensioners  Starts to pay some council tax when net income exceeds () 
			 Single person aged 60-64 124.05 
			 Single person aged 65 or over 143.80 
			 Couple, one or both aged 60 or over, but both aged under 65 189.35 
			 Couple, one or both aged 65 or over 215.50 
		
	
	
		
			  Working age  Starts to pay some council tax when net income exceeds () 
			 Single person aged under 25 47.95 
			 Single person aged over 25 60.50 
			 Couple 94.95 
			 Single parent with one dependent child aged under one 140.34 
			 Single parent with one dependent child aged one or over 129.84 
			 Couple with one dependent child aged under one 174.79 
			 Couple with one dependent child aged one or over 164.29 
			  Notes: 1. All examples assume no disabilities/no childcare costs/no non-dependents.  2. Rates are for current year (2008-09).

Departmental Aviation

John Redwood: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many journeys  (a) he and his predecessors and  (b) his officials made by aeroplane in the course of their duties in each of the last five years.

Jonathan R Shaw: The information you have requested could be provided only at disproportionate costs. Travel by Ministers and civil servants are undertaken in accordance with the Ministerial Code and the Civil Service Management Code respectively.

Jobcentre Plus

Mike Wood: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 
	(1)  how many local drug jobcentre co-ordinators his Department plans to employ; and what percentage of Jobcentre Plus offices will have a dedicated local drug jobcentre co-ordinator by October 2009;
	(2)  at what Civil Service payband local drug jobcentre co-ordinators will be employed; and if he will place in the Library a copy of the job specification for this role.

Tony McNulty: holding answer 5 March 2009
	The administration of Jobcentre Plus is a matter for the acting chief executive of Jobcentre Plus, Mel Groves. I have asked him to provide my hon. Friend with the information requested.
	 Letter from Mel Groves:
	The Secretary of State has asked me to reply to your questions about Jobcentre Plus Drug Co-ordinators including how many will be employed; what percentage of Jobcentre Plus offices they will cover; which grade they will be; and whether a job specification can be made available. This is something that falls within the responsibilities delegated to me as acting chief executive of Jobcentre Plus.
	The introduction of Drug Coordinators is a joint initiative between Jobcentre Plus, the Department of Health (DH) and the National Treatment Agency (NTA) which has been put in place to support the National Drugs Strategy Drugs-Protecting Families and Communities. As part of this, the DH has put 9 million into funding the posts from 2009-2011.
	As responsibility for health is a devolved matter in Scotland and Wales, the DH can only fund Drug Co-ordinators in England, however, we will continue to work with officials in Scotland and Wales to try to ensure customers in these countries will have similar provision in the future.
	We are currently recruiting to fill 63 Drug Co-ordinator posts at Band D (HEO) level. We will have at least one Drug Co-ordinator in place within each of our districts in England and they will be further supported by one of nine Strategic Lead posts (filled at Band F/Grade 7) which will be based within their region.
	The decision to put in place district-based Drug Co-ordinators was based on research carried out by Glasgow University in 2006. The research provided information about the number of known problem drug users in specific geographical areas.
	We already have eight Drug Co-ordinators in post, and expect that a further 52 will be in place by the end of March, with the remaining three posts being filled during April. We expect that well before October, all of the posts will have been filled and we will have a dedicated Drug Co-ordinator in post within every Jobcentre Plus district in England.
	Whilst the Drug Coordinator posts are based at district level, part of their job is to ensure that customer-facing advisers within their district are aware of the help and support that we will be able to offer customers.
	This means that a customer attending any Jobcentre Plus office in England who declares they are a problem drug user, will be offered a referral to a discussion with a treatment provider.
	I have attached a Drug Coordinator Job Description at Annex 1, and a copy of this will be placed in the Library.

Nuclear Power Stations

Kim Howells: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what progress has been made on generic design assessment work proceeding on the  (a) AP100,  (b) economic simplified boiling water and  (c) UK EPR designs for nuclear reactors; and if he will make a statement.

Mike O'Brien: I have been asked to reply.
	The nuclear regulators have completed GDA Steps 1 and 2 for four reactor designs (AECL's ACR1000, Areva's European Pressurised Water Reactor (EPR), GE- Hitachi's ESBWR and Toshiba-Westinghouse's API000) and a series of reports were published on the Health and Safety Executive's website in March 2008.
	ACR-1000 and ESBWR have been, respectively, withdrawn and suspended from the GDA process at the request of the vendors.
	HSE's Nuclear Installations Inspectorate (NII) is currently part-way through step 3 of a four step assessment process. NII aims to publish its step 3 findings in November 2009 and its step 4 findings in June 2011.
	The Environment Agency (EA) is also part way through its detailed assessment process. EA aim to publicly consult on their initial findings in 2010 and publish their final reports by June 2011.

Pensions: Forecasts

Steve Webb: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions when his Department resumed sending out pension forecasts in response to requests from people who reach pension after 6 April 2010; how many  (a) requests have been received and  (b) forecasts have been sent since the resumption; and if he will make a statement.

Rosie Winterton: The Department offers three channels for pensions forecasts: e-service, telephone, and post.
	The real-time e-service resumed on 30 June 2008. This system does not provide information on the age of the customers who have requested a forecast, and therefore the Department is unable to tell how many of the users of the service reach pension age on or after 6 April 2010.
	For customers who reach state pension age on or after 6 April 2010, the Pension Forecast service resumed on 26 August 2008 for requests made by telephone or post to the Pension Forecasting IT service. 202,761 customers received a State Pension forecast between 26 August 2008 and close of business on 24 February 2009.

Repossession Orders

Paul Burstow: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will make it his policy to amend the rules governing eligibility for assistance with mortgage interest payment to include circumstances where the redundancy of one family member exposes the family to the risk of mortgage payment default and repossession; and if he will make a statement.

Kitty Ussher: Support for mortgage interest is available to those homeowners who qualify for one of the income-related benefits, income support, income-based jobseeker's allowance, income-related employment and support allowance or pension credit. It is an integral component of those benefits. Couples are treated as a single unit in these benefits and if one member of a couple is in remunerative work of 24-hours or more, or has income which exceeds their entitlement, then they cannot receive the benefit. Only those couples who are not in remunerative work and who meet the other qualifying conditions of the benefit can receive support for mortgage interest. This is intended to ensure that resources are directed to where they are most needed and there are no plans to change this policy.
	Support for mortgage interest is not the only form of help for homeowners in difficulty paying their mortgages. For example, the Government's Mortgage Rescue scheme provides 200 million to support up to 6,000 of the most vulnerable homeowners facing repossession to remain in their home. The Homeowners Mortgage Support scheme, which we expect to be open for business with the first lenders in April, will help ensure hard working people, including couples, who suffer a temporary loss of income can stay in their home. Both schemes are being led by Communities and Local Government.

Social Fund

John McDonnell: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the budget of the Social Fund for crisis loans was in each of the last 12 years.

Kitty Ussher: holding answer 5 March 2009
	There is no separate budget for Crisis Loans, but rather a combined loans budget for both Crisis Loans and Budgeting Loans. The following table gives the final gross loans budget and Crisis Loan gross expenditure for each of the last 12 years.
	
		
			  Social fund loans in Great Britain 
			   million 
			   Final gross loans budget  Crisis loan gross expenditure 
			 1997-98 397.5 54.3 
			 1998-99 404.9 58.9 
			 1999-2000 457.9 61.5 
			 2000-01 524.6 65.3 
			 2001-02 547.7 74.9 
			 2002-03 548.9 84.6 
			 2003-04 578.0 85.1 
			 2004-05 585.0 81.9 
			 2005-06 609.0 86.4 
			 2006-07 700.0 97.9 
			 2007-08 642.0 121.2 
			 2008-09 624.0 (1)132.6 
			 (1) To 31 January.  Source: Annual reports by the Secretary of State for Social Security/Work and Pensions on the Social Fund (with greater accuracy for Crisis Loan expenditure than in the annual reports for the first three years obtained from the DWP Social Fund Policy, Budget and Management Information System).

Social Fund: Bexley

David Evennett: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many Social Fund applications by residents in the London Borough of Bexley were  (a) successful and  (b) unsuccessful in each of the last five years; and how much was paid to such residents from the fund in each of those years.

Kitty Ussher: The information requested is not available. Social Fund data are not held by London borough, but by Jobcentre Plus Social Fund budget area (or, before such budget areas were used for the administration of the Social Fund, by Jobcentre Plus district, and, prior to that, by Social Fund district). Since May 2002, there have been several changes to the boundaries of administrative areas. As a result, data which can be compared across time is available for all Jobcentre Plus Social Fund budget areas from September 2006 only.

Research: Small Businesses

Adam Afriyie: To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills pursuant to the answer of 25 February 2009,  Official Report, column 775W, on research: small businesses, which other Government departments are participating in the Small Business Research Initiative (SBRI); and whether the revised SBRI format will have been extended to each participating department by April 2009.

David Lammy: The SBRI is a mechanism by which Government Departments can seek to encourage the business community to develop innovative solutions to meet the Department's needs. All Departments are eligible to participate, and, following the successful outcome of the pilot programme, I encourage all those with appropriate research and development needs to consider using this mechanism.
	Lord Drayson and Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury, Angela Eagle, wrote to ministerial colleagues on 5 November inviting participation in the scheme. The Technology Strategy Board, which manages the SBRI programme, has over the last year engaged with all central departments, to seek to identify suitable opportunities for the use of SBRI. As stated in my answer of 25 February, a 10 million competition with the Department for Communities and Local Government will be launched in March, and the Ministry of Defence, the Department of Health, and the Department for Transport also have advanced plans for SBRI competitions in 2009. The TSB is continuing to work with other Departments to identify further cases where the Departments could benefit from making use of SBRI to meet their technology development needs.

Children: Protection

Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families with reference to the statement of 20 November 2008,  Official Report, column 376, on safeguarding children, who supplied him with the professional advice he was given regarding the publication of the serious case review.

Beverley Hughes: The advice was provided by senior officials.

Departmental Absenteeism

Greg Hands: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many staff of his Department were recorded absent for non-medical reasons on  (a) 2 February 2009 and  (b) 3 February 2009; what estimate he has made of the (i) cost to his Department and (ii) number of working hours lost due to such absence; and what guidance his Department issued to staff in respect of absence on these days.

Sarah McCarthy-Fry: The Department issued guidance to staff on the days in question, advising them to make reasonable efforts to come into work and, if this was not possible, to work from home using, for example, the Department's remote access. Staff were also told to also take account of local advice in the light of weather conditions and travel arrangements.
	Absences were handled locally by managers and information was not collected centrally on those unable to work. Therefore, the information on staff numbers, costs and working hours lost could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.

Members: Correspondence

Anthony Steen: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families when he plans to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Totnes of 21 January 2009 on funding for a new school building at Dartmouth Community college.

Beverley Hughes: holding answer 10 March 2009
	The Department's correspondence handling system shows no record of the letter in question. If the hon. Member forwards a copy of the letter to the Department it will be answered in line with Whitehall standards.

Special Educational Needs: Disadvantaged

Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families pursuant to the answer of 25 February 2009,  Official Report, columns 816-7W, on special educational needs: disadvantaged, what the proportion of pupils with special educational needs was in each  (a) decile and  (b) year referred to in the table.

Sarah McCarthy-Fry: The information requested is as follows.
	
		
			  Proportion of pupils( 1)  with special educational needs( 2)  by IDACI( 3)  decile of known residence, 2004, 2007 and 2008 
			   Primary schools  Secondary schools( 4) 
			   2004  2007  2008  2004  2007  2008 
			 0 to 10% most deprived 24.8 26.7 26.6 25.8 29.5 31.4 
			 10 to 20% 22.9 24.6 24.9 22.8 26.3 27.9 
			 20 to 30% 21.0 22.4 23.3 20.2 23.1 24.8 
			 30 to 40% 19.2 20.9 21.3 17.5 20.4 21.8 
			 40 to 50% 17.4 18.8 19.1 15.3 17.7 19.4 
			 50 to 60% 15.6 17.0 17.2 13.5 15.7 16.9 
			 60 to 70% 14.2 15.4 15.9 12.2 14.3 15.3 
			 70 to 80% 13.0 14.3 14.5 10.7 12.8 13.8 
			 80 to 90% 11.9 13.0 13.4 9.8 11.6 12.8 
			 90 to 100% least deprived 10.5 11.7 11.7 8.3 10.1 10.8 
			 (1) Excludes dually registered pupils. (2) Excludes pupils whose SEN status is unknown. (3) Income Deprivation Affecting Children Indices. (4) Includes CTCs and academies.  Source: School Census

Special Educational Needs: Pupil Exclusions

Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families pursuant to the answer of 3 February 2009,  Official Report, column 1071W, on special educational needs: pupil exclusions, when information on exclusions from pupil referral units ceased to be collected; and for what reasons the decision to cease collection was taken.

Sarah McCarthy-Fry: As part of the Department's efforts to reduce burdens on educational establishments, separate collections of exclusion information ceased in 2006. For mainstream schools, exclusions data is now returned through the School Census. A pilot was held to collect School Census data from Pupil Referral Units. The issues from that pilot are being addressed and a Pupil Referral Unit Census, including exclusion information, will be introduced in January 2010.

Iraq: Weapons

John Baron: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster pursuant to the 2008 ruling by the Information Tribunal on publication of the John Williams draft of the 2002 Iraq dossier, 
	(1)  whether on 9 September 2002 Mr. Williams was  (a) present at a meeting and  (b) a member of a group tasked with drafting a preliminary document described by that meeting as a 'draft assessment' to be used in the production of a draft dossier; and which other meetings he attended for the purpose of producing a draft dossier;
	(2)  whether  (a) Mr. Williams and  (b) any other communications official subsequently drafted any part of the dossier (i) on and (ii) after 9 September 2002;
	(3)  whether his Department holds a record of the identities of those officials who drafted any element of the 2002 Iraq dossier on 9 and 10 September 2002 prior to the despatch of a draft by John Scarlett to Alastair Campbell on the evening of 10 September 2002;
	(4)  who the authors were of the documents submitted by his Department to Lord Hutton's Inquiry and catalogued CAB/23/0005 to CAB/23/0014; which officials added handwritten notes to the documents; and  (a) for what purpose and  (b) on what date those documents were produced;
	(5)  whether the inclusion in the 2002 Iraq dossier of reference to intelligence suggesting that Iraq could launch weapons of mass destruction within 45 minutes resulted from the discussion of the Joint Intelligence Committee's assessment of 9 September 2002 at a meeting of the dossier drafting group on the afternoon of 9 September 2002.

Liam Byrne: holding answer 27 February 2009
	Matters relating to the weapons of mass destruction (WMD) dossier were examined in great detail by the inquiry led by Lord Hutton, Lord Butler's 'Review of Intelligence on Weapons of Mass Destruction' and the Intelligence and Security Committee's report 'Iraqi WMDIntelligence and Assessments'.

Ministerial Responsibility

Francis Maude: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster with reference to his evidence to the House of Lords Select Committee on Communications on 5 November 2008, question 568, what his definition of a substantial announcement is.

Liam Byrne: I would define a substantial announcement as one which should be brought to the House first either via an oral or a written ministerial statement.

Members: Correspondence

James Arbuthnot: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform when he plans to reply to the letter from the right hon. Member for North East Hampshire of 10 June 2008 on a constituent, Mr Richard Stevens.

Patrick McFadden: holding answer 10 February 2009
	I responded to the hon. Member on 3 March.

Members: Correspondence

Simon Burns: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform when the Secretary of State plans to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for West Chelmsford of 24 November 2008 on his constituent, Mr Alan Briggs of Walford Place.

Patrick McFadden: holding answer 12 February 2009
	I responded to the hon. Member on 27 February.

Regional Development Agencies: Consultants

Bob Neill: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform pursuant to the answer of 5 February 2009 to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar,  Official Report, column 1464W, on regional development agencies: consultants, if he will place in the Library a copy of the report and analysis produced by Linstock Communications for the National Secretariat of Regional Development Agencies.

Patrick McFadden: A copy of the report can not be placed in the Library of the House as the RDA National Secretariat is bound by the intellectual property and confidentiality clauses contained in the procurement contract with the consultant.

Union Modernisation Fund

Francis Maude: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform pursuant to the answer of 4 February 2009,  Official Report, column 1319W, on the union modernisation fund, who the members of the Supervisory Board are; and what declaration of political activity each has made.

Patrick McFadden: The members of the Supervisory Board are:
	Sir Bill Connor (Chair)
	Bruce Warman
	Professor Willy Brown, CBE
	Jeannie Drake, CBE
	Danny Carrigan
	Adrian Askew
	In addition two new board members have joined this month they are:
	Professor David Gordon
	David Lebrecht
	At the time of their appointment, the members of the Union Modernisation Fund Supervisory Board declared the following interests:
	Bill Connor declared that he had spoken on behalf of a party or candidate and canvassed on behalf of a party or helped at election (for the Labour party);
	Adrian Askew declared that he had held office such as Chair, Treasurer or Secretary of a local branch of a party and canvassed on behalf of a party or helped at election (for the Labour party);
	William Brown declared no political activity;
	Danny Carrigan declared that he had canvassed on behalf of a party or helped at election and a member of the national executive committee (for the Labour party);
	Jeannie Drake declared that she had canvassed on behalf of a party or helped at election and a member of the Labour Party National Policy Forum (for the Labour party);
	David Metcalfe declared that he had canvassed on behalf of a party or helped at election and undertaken any political activity which is considered relevant (for the Labour party). David Metcalfe has subsequently resigned;
	Bruce Wariman declared no political activity;
	Professor David Gordon declared I am a member of the Cooperative Party which aims to foster the agenda and activities of the cooperative movement in the UK. The Cooperative party is affiliated to the Labour party and also supports the woodcraft folk which is a youth movement/club which my daughter attends;
	David Lebrecht declared no political activity.